Association between Site-of-Care and the Cost and Modality of Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer: Analysis of Medicare Beneficiaries from 2015 to 2017

Autor:	Kathryn R. Tringale, Erin F. Gillespie, Aaron P. Mitchell, Michael J. Zelefsky, Renee L. Gennarelli
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	0301 basic medicine Male Cancer Research medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment Brachytherapy External Beam RT Medicare Article 03 medical and health sciences Prostate cancer 0302 clinical medicine Age Distribution Radiation oncology medicine Proton Therapy Humans Aged Aged 80 and over Modality (human–computer interaction) business.industry Medicare beneficiary Prostatic Neoplasms General Medicine medicine.disease Combined Modality Therapy United States Radiation therapy Episode based payment 030104 developmental biology Cross-Sectional Studies Oncology 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Radiology Health Facilities business
Zdroj:	Cancer Invest
DOI:	10.6084/m9.figshare.13547135
Popis:	Among 84,447 radiotherapy (RT) courses for Medicare beneficiaries age≥65 with prostate cancer treated with external beam RT (EBRT), brachytherapy, or both, 42,608 (51%) were delivered in hospital-affiliated and 41,695 (49%) in freestanding facilities. Freestanding centers were less likely to use EBRT+brachytherapy than EBRT (OR 0.84 [95%CI 0.84–0.84];p
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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