2022
End-of-Life Care for Patients With Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma in the Era of Oral Anticancer Therapy
Dzimitrowicz H, Wilson L, Jackson B, Spees L, Baggett C, Greiner M, Kaye D, Zhang T, George D, Scales C, Pritchard J, Leapman M, Gross C, Dinan M, Wheeler S. End-of-Life Care for Patients With Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma in the Era of Oral Anticancer Therapy. JCO Oncology Practice 2022, 19: e213-e227. PMID: 36413741, PMCID: PMC9970274, DOI: 10.1200/op.22.00401.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMetastatic renal cell carcinomaOral anticancer agentsDays of lifeRenal cell carcinomaEOL careSystemic therapySEER-MedicareHospital deathCell carcinomaLife careIntensive care unit admissionCancer informationAggressive EOL careHigh-quality EOLOral anticancer therapySystemic therapy useCare unit admissionMultivariable logistic regressionQuality of endUnit admissionED visitsOlder patientsYounger patientsHospital admissionTherapy use
2019
Impact of an oncology urgent care clinic on emergency department rates.
Sedghi T, Canavan M, Gross C, Davidoff A, Gould Rothberg BE, Strait M, Sinanis N, Adelson K. Impact of an oncology urgent care clinic on emergency department rates. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2019, 37: 6615-6615. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2019.37.15_suppl.6615.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchUrgent care clinicED visit ratesSmilow Cancer HospitalVisit ratesProvider visitsED utilizationED visitsCare clinicsUnique patientsEmergency departmentAcute medical attentionUnscheduled emergency departmentRegular clinic visitsCommon cancer typesLower ED utilizationEmergency department ratesFull study sampleTwo-sample t-testClinic visitsSupportive careOncology providersED useSymptom managementCancer HospitalCancer Center
2013
Use of Hospital-Based Acute Care Among Patients Recently Discharged From the Hospital
Vashi AA, Fox JP, Carr BG, D’Onofrio G, Pines JM, Ross JS, Gross CP. Use of Hospital-Based Acute Care Among Patients Recently Discharged From the Hospital. JAMA 2013, 309: 364-371. PMID: 23340638, PMCID: PMC3598620, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.216219.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute care hospitalsHospital-based acute careAcute care encountersED visitsHospital readmissionAcute careCare hospitalRelease visitsIndex hospitalizationReasons patientsCare encountersED treatUncomplicated benign prostatic hypertrophyUtilization Project State InpatientAcute care visitsDays of dischargeEmergency department visitsCommon reason patientsHospital readmission ratesAcute care servicesBenign prostatic hypertrophyUse of hospitalHealth care focusEffectiveness of transitionCare visits