2015
MP9-03 THE EFFECT OF HEALTHCARE SYSTEM ON APPROPRIATENESS OF PROSTATE CANCER IMAGING: DO PATIENTS GET BETTER CARE IN VA OR FEE-FOR-SERVICE MEDICARE?
Makarov D, Gold H, Walter D, Eugenio E, Sherman S, Gross C, Zeliadt S. MP9-03 THE EFFECT OF HEALTHCARE SYSTEM ON APPROPRIATENESS OF PROSTATE CANCER IMAGING: DO PATIENTS GET BETTER CARE IN VA OR FEE-FOR-SERVICE MEDICARE? Journal Of Urology 2015, 193: e102-e103. DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2015.02.363.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2013
The Cost of Breast Cancer Screening in the Medicare Population
Gross CP, Long JB, Ross JS, Abu-Khalaf MM, Wang R, Killelea BK, Gold HT, Chagpar AB, Ma X. The Cost of Breast Cancer Screening in the Medicare Population. JAMA Internal Medicine 2013, 173: 220-226. PMID: 23303200, PMCID: PMC3638736, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.1397.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast cancer screeningCancer screeningTreatment costsBetter breast cancer outcomesEnd Results-Medicare databaseService MedicareHigh screening costsWomen ages 66Breast cancer outcomesInitial cancer treatmentHospital referral region levelWomen 75 yearsInitial treatment costsEarly-stage cancerDigital screening mammographyCancer outcomesCancer incidenceCancer stageLowest quartileAge 66Breast cancerOlder womenMedicare populationComputer-aided detectionTreatment expenditures