Inequity in selective referral to high-volume hospitals for genitourinary malignancies
Berg S, Tully K, Sahraoui A, Tan W, Krimphove M, Marchese M, Lipsitz S, Noldus J, Trinh Q. Inequity in selective referral to high-volume hospitals for genitourinary malignancies. Urologic Oncology Seminars And Original Investigations 2020, 38: 582-589. PMID: 32217041, DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2020.02.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh-volume hospitalsBladder cancerPredictors of treatmentCancer patientsRadical prostatectomyProstate cancerMuscle-invasive urothelial bladder cancerNegative predictors of treatmentBlack raceNational Cancer DatabaseNonmetastatic prostate cancerUrothelial bladder cancerProstate cancer patientsBladder cancer patientsMultivariate logistic regression modelAssociated with lower ratesKidney cancer patientsPrivate insurance statusAssociated with lower oddsAssociated with greater oddsLow-volume hospitalsRadical cystectomyReceipt of treatmentGenitourinary malignanciesPerioperative morbidity