2021
Adoption of New Risk Stratification Technologies Within US Hospital Referral Regions and Association With Prostate Cancer Management
Leapman MS, Wang R, Park HS, Yu JB, Sprenkle PC, Dinan MA, Ma X, Gross CP. Adoption of New Risk Stratification Technologies Within US Hospital Referral Regions and Association With Prostate Cancer Management. JAMA Network Open 2021, 4: e2128646. PMID: 34623406, PMCID: PMC8501394, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.28646.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProstate magnetic resonance imagingMagnetic resonance imagingHospital referral regionsProportion of patientsProstate cancerGenomic testingCohort studyReferral regionsRetrospective cohort studyProstate cancer carePatient-level analysisCommercial insurance claimsProstate cancer managementUS hospital referral regionsYears of ageProportion of menPatients 40Definitive treatmentCancer careTesting uptakeHRR levelMAIN OUTCOMECancer managementPatientsRegional uptake
2011
Impact of Hospital Volume of Thoracoscopic Lobectomy on Primary Lung Cancer Outcomes
Park HS, Detterbeck FC, Boffa DJ, Kim AW. Impact of Hospital Volume of Thoracoscopic Lobectomy on Primary Lung Cancer Outcomes. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2011, 93: 372-379. PMID: 21945225, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.06.054.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary lung cancer patientsLung cancer patientsShorter LOSMultivariable analysisMedian LOSHospital volumeIndependent predictorsPulmonary lobectomyOpen lobectomyCancer patientsVAT volumeUtilization Project Nationwide Inpatient Sample databaseVideo-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomyHospital operative volumeShorter median LOSLung cancer outcomesPrimary lung cancerHigher hospital volumeShort-term outcomesThoracoscopic surgery lobectomyDiseases procedure codesTotal complicationsHospital lengthHospital morbidityVATS patients