2024
Association of patient socioeconomic status with outcomes after palliative treatment for disseminated cancer
Maduka R, Canavan M, Walters S, Ermer T, Zhan P, Kaminski M, Li A, Pichert M, Salazar M, Prsic E, Boffa D. Association of patient socioeconomic status with outcomes after palliative treatment for disseminated cancer. Cancer Medicine 2024, 13: e7028. PMID: 38711364, PMCID: PMC11074703, DOI: 10.1002/cam4.7028.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOptimal quality of careQuality of carePatient socioeconomic statusAssociated with improved qualityAssociated with improved quality of lifeEnd-of-lifeUS cancer populationPalliative treatmentQuality of lifeCox proportional hazards modelsMultivariate logistic regressionInformed decision makingProportional hazards modelFacility characteristicsNon-HispanicAssociated with lower ratesInsurance payer statusImproving informed decision makingCancer populationSocioeconomic statusHispanic ethnicityTreatment usePayer statusBlack raceLogistic regressionIdentifying Opportunities to Deliver High‐Quality Cancer Care Across a Health System: A Clinical Responsibility
Shah H, Cohen O, Bourdillon A, Burtness B, Boffa D, Young M, Judson B, Mehra S. Identifying Opportunities to Deliver High‐Quality Cancer Care Across a Health System: A Clinical Responsibility. Otolaryngology 2024, 171: 445-456. PMID: 38606669, DOI: 10.1002/ohn.755.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOral squamous cell carcinomaHealth systemCancer careLymph node yieldDeliver high-quality cancer careHigh-quality cancer careBaseline quality of careReporting of Observational StudiesFragmentation of careQuality of careFacility typeCommunity facilitiesOdds of positive surgical marginsAssociated with increased oddsPositive surgical margin rateCombination groupAcademic centersPositive surgical marginsTreating facility typeSurgical margin ratePrimary outcome measureSquamous cell carcinomaGuideline-adherent treatmentCombined careEpidemiology guidelines
2017
Organization, Teamwork and Quality of Care in Thoracic Surgery A Model for High Reliability Care Delivery.
Detterbeck FC, Zurich HB, Agarwal R, Blasberg JD, Boffa DJ, Delrossi EP, Finan ME, Hindinger KK, Kim AW, Pierson M. Organization, Teamwork and Quality of Care in Thoracic Surgery A Model for High Reliability Care Delivery. Connecticut Medicine 2017, 81: 5-12. PMID: 29782759.Peer-Reviewed Original Research