2020
Hospital variation in responses to safety warnings about power morcellation in hysterectomy
Xu X, Desai VB, Wright JD, Lin H, Schwartz PE, Gross CP. Hospital variation in responses to safety warnings about power morcellation in hysterectomy. American Journal Of Obstetrics And Gynecology 2020, 224: 589.e1-589.e13. PMID: 33359176, PMCID: PMC8180513, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2020.12.1207.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleGuideline AdherenceHealthcare DisparitiesHospitalsHumansHysterectomyIntraoperative ComplicationsLaparoscopyLogistic ModelsMiddle AgedMorcellationOutcome Assessment, Health CarePatient SafetyPostoperative ComplicationsPractice Guidelines as TopicPractice Patterns, Physicians'Retrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentUnited StatesYoung AdultConceptsLaparoscopic supracervical hysterectomyOpen abdominal hysterectomySupracervical hysterectomyPower morcellationAbdominal hysterectomySurgical complicationsMajor complicationsPatient clinical risk factorsNew York Statewide PlanningClinical risk factorsDistinct trajectory patternsState Ambulatory SurgeryState Inpatient DatabasesSafety warningsTrajectory groupsResearch Cooperative SystemLow useHigher useHysterectomy practiceMinor complicationsBenign hysterectomyBenign indicationsComplication riskHospital variationCorpus uteriPhysician trajectories of abandoning long‐course breast radiotherapy and their cost impact
Xu X, Soulos PR, Herrin J, Wang S, Pollack CE, Evans SB, Yu JB, Gross CP. Physician trajectories of abandoning long‐course breast radiotherapy and their cost impact. Health Services Research 2020, 56: 497-506. PMID: 33070305, PMCID: PMC8143683, DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.13572.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhysician peer groupsWhole breast irradiationCF-WBIRisk-adjusted ratesBreast radiotherapyPractice patternsLow useChronic Conditions Data WarehouseDistinct practice patternsPatients' clinical characteristicsSetting of radiotherapyAdjuvant breast radiotherapyYears of ageDistinct trajectoriesImportant cost implicationsHigher useAdjuvant radiotherapyClinical characteristicsEligible womenBreast cancerCost implicationsLatent class growth analysisService beneficiariesMedicare programRadiotherapy
2019
Abandonment trajectories of conventionally fractionated adjuvant radiotherapy in breast cancer care.
Xu X, Soulos P, Herrin J, Wang S, Pollack C, Evans S, Gross C, Yu J. Abandonment trajectories of conventionally fractionated adjuvant radiotherapy in breast cancer care. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2019, 37: 531-531. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2019.37.15_suppl.531.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPhysician peer groupsBreast cancer careAdjuvant radiotherapyCancer careHigher useNational Medicare claimsPatient risk factorsDistinct trajectoriesYears of ageLow useDifferent baseline levelsRisk-adjusted ratesPatient cohortRisk factorsBreast cancerCost implicationsMedicare claimsBaseline levelsRadiotherapyMedicare perspectiveCFRTCurve analysisPhysiciansPatientsLatent growth curve analysis