2024
Disparities in Acute and Chronic Complications of Diabetes Along the U.S. Rural-Urban Continuum.
Steiger K, Herrin J, Swarna K, Davis E, McCoy R. Disparities in Acute and Chronic Complications of Diabetes Along the U.S. Rural-Urban Continuum. Diabetes Care 2024, 47: 818-825. PMID: 38387066, PMCID: PMC11043221, DOI: 10.2337/dc23-1552.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchResidents of remote areasRural-urban continuumHazard ratioLower-extremity complicationsHazard of myocardial infarctionMedicare Advantage beneficiariesRemote areasHazard of strokeOptumLabs Data WarehouseComplications of diabetesLower hazardMyocardial infarctionRetrospective cohort studyHeart failureDiabetic complicationsCohort studyResidents of small townsEnd-stage kidney diseaseSmall townsChronic complications of diabetesChronic diabetic complicationsResidentsDiabetesDisparitiesChronic complications
2019
Income disparities in needle biopsy patients prior to breast cancer surgery across physician peer groups
Killelea BK, Herrin J, Soulos PR, Pollack CE, Forman HP, Yu J, Xu X, Tannenbaum S, Wang SY, Gross CP. Income disparities in needle biopsy patients prior to breast cancer surgery across physician peer groups. Breast Cancer 2019, 27: 381-388. PMID: 31792804, PMCID: PMC7512133, DOI: 10.1007/s12282-019-01028-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhysician peer groupsLow-income patientsNeedle biopsyOdds ratioHigh-income patientsBreast cancer surgeryMethodsThe SurveillanceCancer surgeryIncome patientsMedicare databaseBiopsy patientsMedicare beneficiariesPatientsBiopsyLow incomeGroupDisparitiesReceiptEnd resultHigher incomeSurgeryPeer groupEpidemiologyFurther workGroup-level effects