2015
Lack of Association Between Costs of Care and Overall Survival (OS) Among Medicare Beneficiaries with Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) in the United States (US)
Zeidan A, Wang R, Davidoff A, Gore S, Soulos P, Huntington S, Gross C, Ma X. Lack of Association Between Costs of Care and Overall Survival (OS) Among Medicare Beneficiaries with Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) in the United States (US). Blood 2015, 126: 873. DOI: 10.1182/blood.v126.23.873.873.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDisability Status ScoreOverall survivalMyelodysplastic syndromeMDS patientsCost of careStudy cohortLack of associationHistologic subtypeStatus scoreMedicare beneficiariesEnd Results-Medicare databaseProportional hazards regression modelsOverall study cohortMedian overall survivalOutcomes of patientsElixhauser comorbidity scoreDate of diagnosisEntire study cohortKaplan-Meier methodHazards regression modelsDisease-related costsNon-white raceEnd of studyDate of deathMedicare Part A
2014
The Impact of Marital and Socioeconomic Status on Outcomes of Patients with Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia
Huntington S, Shah N, Epstein A, Loren A. The Impact of Marital and Socioeconomic Status on Outcomes of Patients with Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia. Blood 2014, 124: 1282. DOI: 10.1182/blood.v124.21.1282.1282.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcute promyelocytic leukemiaCurable hematological malignancyOutcomes of patientsArea Health Resource FileLong-term survivalHematological malignanciesSocioeconomic statusMarital statusPatient factorsPromyelocytic leukemiaLong-term overall survivalImproved long-term survivalUninsurance ratesIncurable metastatic diseaseCox regression analysisIndividual patient factorsEnd Results ProgramImportant patient factorsMultivariable logistic regressionAcute medical careTiming of presentationLikelihood of deathSocioeconomic factorsSocial supportSocioeconomic status index