2024
Changes in Facility Share of Medicaid-Insured Patients with Urologic Cancers Following Implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Demkowicz P, Buck M, Nie J, Marks V, Wheeler S, Dinan M, Gross C, Leapman M. Changes in Facility Share of Medicaid-Insured Patients with Urologic Cancers Following Implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Urology 2024 PMID: 38901803, DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2024.06.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFacility-level changesAffordable Care ActNon-expansion statesUrological cancer patientsProportion of patientsExpansion statesBaseline proportion of patientsUrologic cancer careHigh-income zip codesCancer patientsFactors associated with changesPre-post designCancer care centerPost-ACA periodMedicaid expansion statesMultivariate logistic regressionMedicaid-insured patientsCancer careUrological cancersZip codesCare ActMedicaid patientsMedicaidLogistic regressionCare centerArea Vulnerability and Disparities in Therapy for Patients With Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma
Rahman S, Long J, Westvold S, Leapman M, Spees L, Hurwitz M, McManus H, Gross C, Wheeler S, Dinan M. Area Vulnerability and Disparities in Therapy for Patients With Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma. JAMA Network Open 2024, 7: e248747. PMID: 38687479, PMCID: PMC11061765, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.8747.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMetastatic renal cell carcinomaArea-level measuresRenal cell carcinomaPatient-level factorsSystemic therapyEthnic disparitiesRelative risk ratiosSocially vulnerable areasCell carcinomaMeasures of social vulnerabilityMedicare beneficiariesCohort studyFee-for-service Medicare Parts AOdds ratioReceipt of systemic therapyLogistic regressionArea-level characteristicsAssociated with lack of treatmentNon-Hispanic blacksRetrospective cohort studyIndividual-level demographicsNon-Hispanic whitesAssociated with disparitiesUS Medicare beneficiariesMeasures of disadvantageRISKS OF GRADE RECLASSIFICATION AMONG PATIENTS WITH GLEASON GRADE GROUP 1 PROSTATE CANCER AND PI-RADS 5 FINDINGS ON PROSTATE MRI
Sundaresan V, Webb L, Rabil M, Golos A, Sutherland R, Sprenkle P, Kim I, Leapman M. RISKS OF GRADE RECLASSIFICATION AMONG PATIENTS WITH GLEASON GRADE GROUP 1 PROSTATE CANCER AND PI-RADS 5 FINDINGS ON PROSTATE MRI. Urologic Oncology Seminars And Original Investigations 2024, 42: s79. DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2024.01.222.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGleason Grade Group 1PI-RADS 5 lesionsPI-RADSProstate biopsyProstate cancerGleason upgradingRadical prostatectomyActive surveillanceProstate MRIMultivariate logistic regressionGrade Group 1 prostate cancerConversion to active treatmentOptimal management of patientsGrade group 1PI-RADS 5Gleason grade groupProstate Imaging ReportingDied of diseaseManagement of patientsLogistic regressionPrimary study outcomeAssociated with oddsMedian PSAMetastatic diseaseGrade disease
2021
Accessibility of Telehealth services for cancer care at cancer hospital in the United States.
Marks V, Hsiang W, Nie J, Umer W, Haleem A, Galal B, Pak I, Kim D, Kenney P, Leapman M. Accessibility of Telehealth services for cancer care at cancer hospital in the United States. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2021, 39: 6535-6535. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2021.39.15_suppl.6535.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMultivariable logistic regressionTelehealth servicesCancer typesTelehealth accessTelehealth availabilityNew patientsLogistic regressionCommunity cancer programsNational cross-sectional dataMedicaid Services databaseCare patientsHospital variationCancer HospitalCancer careCancer programsHospital characteristicsCancer sitesBreast cancerMajor cancersAmerican Hospital AssociationPatientsService databaseSkin cancerCancerHospitalAccess to cancer care for Medicaid patients at cancer hospitals in the United States.
Marks V, Hsiang W, Nie J, Buck M, Demkowicz P, Umer W, Haleem A, Galal B, Pak I, Kim D, Kenney P, Leapman M. Access to cancer care for Medicaid patients at cancer hospitals in the United States. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2021, 39: 6548-6548. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2021.39.15_suppl.6548.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMultivariable logistic regressionCancer careAffordable Care ActCancer typesMedicaid acceptanceMedicaid patientsSkin cancerComprehensive community cancer centerLogistic regressionFacility-level differencesCommunity cancer centerBreast cancer careHospital-level variationHospital registry dataFacility-level characteristicsMedicaid Services dataMedicaid accessUnivariable statisticsCancer HospitalCancer CenterRegistry dataAmerican Hospital AssociationNew diagnosisPatientsHospitalChange in facility-level share of Medicaid patients with cancer following implementation of the affordable care act.
Buck M, Demkowicz P, Nie J, Marks V, Salazar M, Kenney P, Boffa D, Leapman M. Change in facility-level share of Medicaid patients with cancer following implementation of the affordable care act. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2021, 39: e18543-e18543. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2021.39.15_suppl.e18543.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchProportion of MedicaidAffordable Care ActMedicaid patientsMedicaid expansionFacility-level changesFacility-level policiesNational Cancer DatabasePrimary study endpointProportion of patientsInsurance coverageMultivariable logistic regressionExpansion statesCare ActFacility-level factorsMedicaid expansion statesNon-expansion statesAdult patientsStudy endpointAdjusted differenceCancer DatabaseMedicaid populationEligible facilitiesPatientsCancerLogistic regression