Care in the Months before Death and Hospice Enrollment Among Older Women with Advanced Breast Cancer
Keating NL, Landrum MB, Guadagnoli E, Winer EP, Ayanian JZ. Care in the Months before Death and Hospice Enrollment Among Older Women with Advanced Breast Cancer. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2007, 23: 11-18. PMID: 17939006, PMCID: PMC2173914, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-007-0422-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTypes of physiciansAdvanced breast cancerWeeks of deathHospice useOutpatient visitsCancer specialistsBreast cancerOlder womenStage III/IV breast cancerEnd Results-Medicare databaseAdvanced breast cancer patientsBreast cancer patientsPrimary care providersPopulation-based sampleTiming of enrollmentHospice referralPatient characteristicsHospice enrollmentHospitalized patientsCancer careCancer patientsAdjusted ratesCare providersHospitalizationPatientsSurveillance Testing Among Survivors of Early-Stage Breast Cancer
Keating NL, Landrum MB, Guadagnoli E, Winer EP, Ayanian JZ. Surveillance Testing Among Survivors of Early-Stage Breast Cancer. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2007, 25: 1074-1081. PMID: 17369571, DOI: 10.1200/jco.2006.08.6876.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedBreast NeoplasmsCohort StudiesDiagnostic Tests, RoutineFemaleFollow-Up StudiesGuideline AdherenceHumansLogistic ModelsLong-Term CareMedical OncologyNeoplasm StagingOdds RatioOffice VisitsPopulation SurveillancePractice Guidelines as TopicPractice Patterns, Physicians'Primary Health CareSEER ProgramSurvivorsTime FactorsUnited StatesUnnecessary ProceduresConceptsBreast cancer survivorsChest X-rayMedical oncologistsCancer survivorsBreast cancerAbdominal imagingAntigen testingBone scanStage I/II breast cancerEarly-stage breast cancer patientsMost breast cancer survivorsEnd Results-Medicare dataSurveillance testingEarly-stage breast cancerRepeated-measures logistic regressionBreast cancer patientsLow-risk populationPopulation-based cohortTypes of physiciansRoutine surveillance testingRate of testingAntigen testCancer patientsWomen's ageSurveillance years