2024
Cost trends of metastatic renal cell carcinoma therapy: the impact of oral anticancer agents and immunotherapy
Forman R, Long J, Westvold S, Agnish K, McManus H, Leapman M, Hurwitz M, Spees L, Wheeler S, Gross C, Dinan M. Cost trends of metastatic renal cell carcinoma therapy: the impact of oral anticancer agents and immunotherapy. JNCI Cancer Spectrum 2024, 8: pkae067. PMID: 39133171, PMCID: PMC11376369, DOI: 10.1093/jncics/pkae067.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMetastatic renal cell carcinomaOral anticancer agentsOAA useAssociated with decreased adherenceRenal cell carcinomaAnticancer agentsDays of treatmentCombination therapyCell carcinomaStudy patientsInitial treatmentReal-world costsCombination groupImmunotherapyPatientsOOP costsTherapyTreatment typePercent daysPerspective of payersTreatmentClaims dataMedicare patientsAnalyzed differencesFee-for-service Medicare
2020
Temporal trends in opioid prescribing patterns among oncologists in the Medicare population.
Jairam V, Yang D, Pasha S, Soulos P, Gross C, Yu J, Park H. Temporal trends in opioid prescribing patterns among oncologists in the Medicare population. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2020, 38: 12022-12022. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2020.38.15_suppl.12022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOpioid prescribing ratesOpioid prescribingPrescribing ratesUnited States opioid epidemicNon-cancer populationMultivariable negative binomial regressionFinal study sampleSymptom managementOpioid claimsPatient populationOpioid epidemicMedicare patientsProvider characteristicsMedicare populationPatient countsOncologistsNegative binomial regressionPrescribingPatientsStudy sampleBinomial regressionSignificant declinePopulationStatewide levelTemporal trends
2015
“The burden upon me”: The complexity of healthcare utilization among Medicare patients undergoing curative lung cancer treatment.
Presley C, Soulos P, Yu J, Gross C. “The burden upon me”: The complexity of healthcare utilization among Medicare patients undergoing curative lung cancer treatment. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2015, 33: 7533-7533. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2015.33.15_suppl.7533.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1998
Will Commercial Managed Care Patients Accept Residents as Their Primary Care Providers?
Gross C, Callahan M, Mele J. Will Commercial Managed Care Patients Accept Residents as Their Primary Care Providers? Journal Of General Internal Medicine 1998, 13: 331-334. PMID: 9613890, PMCID: PMC1496953, DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.1998.00100.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary care providersCare patientsCare providersPatients' willingnessOutpatient careMedicare patientsHousestaff physiciansPrior careMedicare populationPatientsResident physiciansPayer classTelephone surveyCarePhysician's functionSignificant proportionMedical practicePhysiciansMedicaidProvidersResidents