2014
High Incarceration Rates Among Black Men Enrolled In Clinical Studies May Compromise Ability To Identify Disparities
Wang EA, Aminawung JA, Wildeman C, Ross JS, Krumholz HM. High Incarceration Rates Among Black Men Enrolled In Clinical Studies May Compromise Ability To Identify Disparities. Health Affairs 2014, 33: 848-855. PMID: 24799583, PMCID: PMC4065793, DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2013.1325.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClinical studiesHealth outcomesBlack menProspective clinical studyObservational clinical researchBlood InstituteNational HeartClinical researchWhite womenRacial disparitiesWhite menMinimal riskMenBlack womenHigh rateJail inmatesMinority populationsWomenOutcomesEffects of incarcerationImpact of incarcerationHigh incarceration ratesIncarcerationLungFollow
2013
The cost implications of prostate cancer screening in the Medicare population
Ma X, Wang R, Long JB, Ross JS, Soulos PR, Yu JB, Makarov DV, Gold HT, Gross CP. The cost implications of prostate cancer screening in the Medicare population. Cancer 2013, 120: 96-102. PMID: 24122801, PMCID: PMC3867600, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.28373.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProstate cancerScreening costsAnnual screening costsPopulation-based cohortProstate cancer screeningHospital referral region levelMale Medicare beneficiariesProstate-specific antigenCancer screeningLowest quartileHRR levelMedicare populationMedicare beneficiariesOlder menNational feeCancerService Medicare programCancer diagnosisMenQuartilePSACost implicationsAnnual expenditureMedicare programBiopsy
2011
Assessing the Impact of Screening Colonoscopy on Mortality in the Medicare Population
Gross CP, Soulos PR, Ross JS, Cramer LD, Guerrero C, Tinetti ME, Braithwaite RS. Assessing the Impact of Screening Colonoscopy on Mortality in the Medicare Population. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2011, 26: 1441-1449. PMID: 21842323, PMCID: PMC3235614, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-011-1816-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsColorectal cancerStrata of sexYears of ageShort life expectancyDesignRetrospective studyResultsIncreasing ageWomen 75Greater comorbidityOlder patientsScreening colonoscopyComorbiditiesRoutine screeningMedicare populationMortality ratePatientsAge groupsEffectiveness of SCMortalityLife expectancyWomenAgeMenColonoscopySexYears