2019
Healthcare expenses for treatment of acute myeloid leukemia
Bewersdorf JP, Shallis R, Wang R, Huntington S, Perreault S, Ma X, Zeidan AM. Healthcare expenses for treatment of acute myeloid leukemia. Expert Review Of Hematology 2019, 12: 641-650. PMID: 31159602, DOI: 10.1080/17474086.2019.1627869.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsMeSH KeywordsAntineoplastic AgentsCost-Benefit AnalysisHealth Care CostsHematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationHospitalizationHumansLeukemia, Myeloid, AcuteConceptsHematopoietic stem cell transplantInsurance statusHealthcare costsTreatment approachesAllogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantAcute myeloid leukemia (AML) treatmentStem cell transplantTreatment costsDirect healthcare costsInpatient treatment costsPatient insurance statusPersonalized treatment approachesAcute myeloid leukemiaMyeloid leukemia treatmentInfluence health policyIntensive chemotherapyOral therapyCell transplantMain cost driversMyeloid leukemiaNovel agentsMedical outcomesLeukemia treatmentHealthcare resourcesAML
2017
Cost‐effectiveness analysis of consolidation with brentuximab vedotin for high‐risk Hodgkin lymphoma after autologous stem cell transplantation
Hui L, von Keudell G, Wang R, Zeidan AM, Gore SD, Ma X, Davidoff AJ, Huntington SF. Cost‐effectiveness analysis of consolidation with brentuximab vedotin for high‐risk Hodgkin lymphoma after autologous stem cell transplantation. Cancer 2017, 123: 3763-3771. PMID: 28640385, PMCID: PMC5610636, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.30818.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsIncremental cost-effectiveness ratioPrice reductionHealth care costsProbabilistic sensitivity analysesMarkov decision-analytic modelCost-effectiveness ratioIndication-specific pricingLife-time costsCare costsAutologous stem cell transplantationDecision analytic modelStandard discountingQALYBrentuximab vedotinHigher health care costsActive surveillancePricingConsolidative settingConsolidation therapyCostSensitivity analysis
2014
Evolution of Breast Cancer Screening in the Medicare Population: Clinical and Economic Implications
Killelea BK, Long JB, Chagpar AB, Ma X, Wang R, Ross JS, Gross CP. Evolution of Breast Cancer Screening in the Medicare Population: Clinical and Economic Implications. Journal Of The National Cancer Institute 2014, 106: dju159. PMID: 25031307, PMCID: PMC4155428, DOI: 10.1093/jnci/dju159.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEnd Results-MedicareBreast cancer stageCohort of womenEarly-stage tumorsBreast cancer screeningAdjunct imagingSignificant changesCancer screeningCancer stageIncidence rateBreast cancerAdjunct procedureOlder womenMedicare populationMedicare beneficiariesClinical practiceComputer-aided detectionPoisson regressionNational feeCohortBreast ultrasoundWomenEarlier cohortsLater cohortsMedicare spending