2020
Physician trajectories of abandoning long‐course breast radiotherapy and their cost impact
Xu X, Soulos PR, Herrin J, Wang S, Pollack CE, Evans SB, Yu JB, Gross CP. Physician trajectories of abandoning long‐course breast radiotherapy and their cost impact. Health Services Research 2020, 56: 497-506. PMID: 33070305, PMCID: PMC8143683, DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.13572.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhysician peer groupsWhole breast irradiationCF-WBIRisk-adjusted ratesBreast radiotherapyPractice patternsLow useChronic Conditions Data WarehouseDistinct practice patternsPatients' clinical characteristicsSetting of radiotherapyAdjuvant breast radiotherapyYears of ageDistinct trajectoriesImportant cost implicationsHigher useAdjuvant radiotherapyClinical characteristicsEligible womenBreast cancerCost implicationsLatent class growth analysisService beneficiariesMedicare programRadiotherapy
2012
Short-term complications and use of breast brachytherapy in the national Medicare population in 2008-2009.
Presley C, Soulos P, Herrin J, Roberts K, Yu J, Killelea B, Lesnikoski B, Long J, Gross C. Short-term complications and use of breast brachytherapy in the national Medicare population in 2008-2009. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2012, 30: 1030-1030. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2012.30.15_suppl.1030.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWhole breast irradiationHospital referral regionsBone complicationsClinical characteristicsSkin complicationsReferral regionsEarly-stage breast cancerNational treatment patternsOne-year overallReceipt of chemotherapyNumber of comorbiditiesShort-term complicationsDeep tissuesNational Medicare populationAdjuvant radiationComplication rateTreatment patternsDiagnosis codesBreast cancerMedicare claimsMedicare populationComplicationsMedicare beneficiariesTreatment groupsClinical practice