Age-based and Sex-based Disparities in Screening Colonoscopy Use Among Medicare Beneficiaries
Gancayco J, Soulos PR, Khiani V, Cramer LD, Ross JS, Genao I, Tinetti M, Gross CP. Age-based and Sex-based Disparities in Screening Colonoscopy Use Among Medicare Beneficiaries. Journal Of Clinical Gastroenterology 2013, 47: 630-636. PMID: 23619827, DOI: 10.1097/mcg.0b013e31828345c8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsColonoscopy useScreening colonoscopyColonoscopy ratesLife expectancyMedicare beneficiariesOlder personsColorectal cancer incidencePatient demographic characteristicsLow screening ratesSex-based disparitiesShort life expectancySex-based differencesLonger life expectancyPatients 68Older patientsPatients 75Screening ratesCancer incidenceLarge cohortMedicare claimsColonoscopyMedicare dataPatientsPoisson regressionLife table approachThe 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