2018
Persistent Use of Extended Fractionation Palliative Radiation Therapy for Medicare Beneficiaries with Metastatic Breast Cancer: 2011-2014
Yu J, Pollack C, Herrin J, Zhu W, Soulos P, Xu X, Gross C. Persistent Use of Extended Fractionation Palliative Radiation Therapy for Medicare Beneficiaries with Metastatic Breast Cancer: 2011-2014. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2018, 102: e425. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2018.07.1241.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2015
The Role of Patient Factors, Cancer Characteristics, and Treatment Patterns in the Cost of Care for Medicare Beneficiaries with Breast Cancer
Xu X, Herrin J, Soulos PR, Saraf A, Roberts KB, Killelea BK, Wang SY, Long JB, Wang R, Ma X, Gross CP. The Role of Patient Factors, Cancer Characteristics, and Treatment Patterns in the Cost of Care for Medicare Beneficiaries with Breast Cancer. Health Services Research 2015, 51: 167-186. PMID: 26119176, PMCID: PMC4722219, DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12328.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast cancer careHospital referral regionsCancer careMedicare expendituresBreast cancerRadiation therapyTreatment factorsMean Medicare expendituresEnd Results-MedicareSpecific treatment modalitiesContribution of patientCost of careHighest spending quintilePatient factorsTreatment patternsTumor characteristicsCancer characteristicsTreatment modalitiesReferral regionsMedicare beneficiariesQuintilePatientsCancerCareTherapy