Baseline Utilization of Breast Radiotherapy Before Institution of the Medicare Practice Quality Reporting Initiative
Smith BD, Smith GL, Roberts KB, Buchholz TA. Baseline Utilization of Breast Radiotherapy Before Institution of the Medicare Practice Quality Reporting Initiative. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2009, 74: 1506-1512. PMID: 19395182, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.10.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInvasive breast cancerOmission of radiotherapyConservative surgeryPhysician Quality Reporting InitiativeBreast cancerRadiotherapy utilizationQuality Reporting InitiativeSEER-Medicare data setReceipt of radiotherapyReceipt of chemotherapyMultivariate logistic regressionUtilization of radiotherapyUnmarried marital statusComorbid illnessesAdjusted analysisBaseline useBaseline utilizationBreast radiotherapyRadiotherapyTreatment covariatesPatientsLogistic regressionCancerMarital statusWomen