2011
Ethics and the law: is there common ground on informed consent for disparities in hospital outcomes?
Housri N, Coombs M, Orandi BJ, Pawlik TM, Koniaris LG. Ethics and the law: is there common ground on informed consent for disparities in hospital outcomes? Annals Of Internal Medicine 2011, 155: 260-4. PMID: 21844552, DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-155-4-201108160-00010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsEthics, MedicalHospitalsHumansInformed ConsentNeoplasmsOutcome Assessment, Health CareQuality Indicators, Health CareTreatment OutcomeTruth DisclosureUnited States
2008
Are Many Community Hospitals Undertreating Breast Cancer?
Gutierrez JC, Hurley JD, Housri N, Perez EA, Byrne MM, Koniaris LG. Are Many Community Hospitals Undertreating Breast Cancer? Annals Of Surgery 2008, 248: 154-162. PMID: 18650623, DOI: 10.1097/sla.0b013e31816c4030.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedBiopsy, NeedleBreast NeoplasmsCarcinoma, Ductal, BreastChemotherapy, AdjuvantCombined Modality TherapyFemaleFloridaHealth Care SurveysHospitals, CommunityHospitals, UniversityHumansImmunohistochemistryMastectomyMiddle AgedNeoplasm StagingOutcome Assessment, Health CarePractice Patterns, Physicians'Radiotherapy, AdjuvantRegistriesRisk AssessmentSurvival AnalysisTreatment OutcomeConceptsLong-term outcomesTeaching hospitalCommunity hospitalBreast cancerPoor long-term outcomesFlorida Cancer Data SystemHigh-volume community hospitalsLow-volume hospitalsOverall survival rateBreast-conserving surgeryHigh-volume centersSignificant independent predictorsAdjuvant therapyAdvanced diseaseMultimodality therapySurvival benefitIndependent predictorsTreatment patternsDuctal carcinomaPatient outcomesPractice patternsBetter survivalStage IIIOperative casesTreatment approaches