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A comparative analysis of survival outcomes between pancreatectomy and chemotherapy for elderly patients with adenocarcinoma of the pancreas

scientific article published on 15 July 2016

A critical analysis of the surgical management of early-stage gallbladder cancer in the United States

scientific article

A matter of race: early-versus late-stage cancer diagnosis

scientific article published on January 2009

A self-assessment tool was reliable in identifying hazards in the homes of elders

scientific article published on 25 August 2005

Access to home-based hospice care for rural populations: Identification of areas lacking service

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An evaluation of the relationship between lymph node number and staging in pT3 colon cancer using population-based data

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Analysis of Racial and Ethnic Disparities as Possible Risk Factors for Development of Incontinence by Nursing Home Residents

scientific article published on 4 September 2015

Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors may be protective against cardiac complications following anthracycline chemotherapy.

scientific article published on 8 January 2010

Anthropometric, medical history and lifestyle risk factors for myeloproliferative neoplasms in the Iowa Women's Health Study cohort

scientific article published on 15 October 2013

Appendiceal carcinoid tumors: Predictors of lymph node metastasis and the impact of right hemicolectomy on survival

scientific article

Are mastectomy rates really increasing in the United States?

scientific article published on 14 June 2010

Are there racial-ethnic disparities in time to pressure ulcer development and pressure ulcer treatment in older adults after nursing home admission?

scientific article published on 25 September 2014

Assessing capacity for clinical decisions and research for persons with low English proficiency: ethical and practical challenges

scientific article published in September 2002

Association between lymph node evaluation for colon cancer and node positivity over the past 20 years.

scientific article published in September 2011

Association between patient and tumor characteristics with clinical outcomes in women with ductal carcinoma in situ.

scientific article published on January 2010

Association between psoriasis and incident cancer: the Iowa's Women's Health Study

scientific article published on 7 May 2011

B2-1: Estimation of Standardized Hospital Costs from Claims Data that Reflect Resource Requirements for Care

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Bayesian hierarchical models for network meta-analysis incorporating nonignorable missingness

scientific article published on 28 July 2015

Bias Due to Missing SEER Data in D'Amico Risk Stratification of Prostate Cancer ⬇️

scientific article published on April 11, 2012

Body mass index and major cancer surgery outcomes: lack of association or need for alternative measurements of obesity?

scientific article published on 23 March 2010

Breast MRI in the Diagnostic and Preoperative Workup Among Medicare Beneficiaries With Breast Cancer

scientific article published on 22 April 2016

Changes across time and geography in the use of prostate radiation technologies for newly diagnosed older cancer patients: 2006–2008 ⬇️

scientific article published on January 4, 2013

Cognition moderates the relationship between facility characteristics, personal impairments, and nursing home residents' activities of daily living

scientific article published on 18 November 2010

Comparison of Medicare claims versus physician adjudication for identifying stroke outcomes in the Women's Health Initiative

scientific article

Conditional survival after surgical treatment of melanoma: an analysis of the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database.

scientific article published on 18 February 2010

Contralateral prophylactic mastectomy for patients with unilateral breast cancer

journal article published in 2007

Correlates and consequences of venous thromboembolism: The Iowa Women's Health Study

scientific article published on 12 November 2009

Costs of diagnostic and preoperative workup with and without breast MRI in older women with a breast cancer diagnosis

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Determination of the minimum number of lymph nodes to examine to maximize survival in patients with esophageal carcinoma: data from the Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results database

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Diagnosis and management of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS)

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Diagnosis of advanced cancer among elderly Medicare and Medicaid patients

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Diet and incident venous thromboembolism: the Iowa Women's Health Study

scientific article published on June 2009

Discussions with physicians about hospice among patients with metastatic lung cancer

scientific article published on May 2009

Disparate use of minimally invasive surgery in benign surgical conditions

scientific article published on 2 July 2008

Do Medicare HMOs and Medicare FFS differ in their use of the Medicare hospice benefit?

scientific article published on 01 January 1999

Do claims-based continuity of care measures reflect the patient perspective?

scientific article published on 24 October 2013

Do rural elders have limited access to Medicare hospice services?

scientific article published on May 2004

Does Medicare managed care provide equal treatment for mental illness across races?

scientific article published in February 2004

Does poorer familiarity with Medicare translate into worse access to health care?

scientific article published in November 2008

Ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast: a systematic review of incidence, treatment, and outcomes

scientific article

Ductal carcinoma in situ, and the influence of the mode of detection, population characteristics, and other risk factors

scientific article published on 01 January 2012

Ductal carcinoma in situ: risk factors and impact of screening.

scientific article published on January 2010

Erratum to: Disparate use of minimally invasive surgery in benign surgical conditions

scholarly article published in Surgical Endoscopy

Estimating True Resource Costs of Outpatient Care for Medicare Beneficiaries: Standardized Costs versus Medicare Payments and Charges

scientific article

Estimation of standardized hospital costs from Medicare claims that reflect resource requirements for care: impact for cohort studies linked to Medicare claims

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Evaluating Travel Distance to Radiation Facilities Among Rural and Urban Breast Cancer Patients in the Medicare Population

scientific article published on 17 December 2019

Evaluation of a patient-reported continuity of care model for older adults

scientific article published on 19 July 2013

Extremity soft tissue sarcoma care in the elderly: insights into the generalizability of NCI Cancer Trials.

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Factors Associated With Reduction in Use of Neoadjuvant Androgen Suppression Therapy Before Radical Prostatectomy ⬇️

scientific article published on April 1, 2013

Factors Associated with Preoperative Magnetic Resonance Imaging Use among Medicare Beneficiaries with Nonmetastatic Breast Cancer

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Five-year rehospitalization outcomes in a cohort of patients with acute ischemic stroke: Medicare linkage study.

scientific article

Functional limitations in elderly female cancer survivors.

scientific article published in April 2006

Geographic access to breast imaging for US women

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Geographic variation in device use for intertrochanteric hip fractures

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Health care use in the first six months of Medicare eligibility for elders: impact of state support: Data Points # 12

scientific article published on 3 August 2012

High-risk centers and the benefits for lower-risk transplants

scientific article published on September 2015

Hormonal and Reproductive Factors and Risk of Myeloproliferative Neoplasms in Postmenopausal Women

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Hospice use before death: variability across cancer diagnoses

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Hospital characteristics associated with maintenance or improvement of guideline-recommended lymph node evaluation for colon cancer.

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Improved care and outcomes among elderly medicare managed care beneficiaries with diabetes.

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Improving identification of Hispanic males in Medicare: use of surname matching

scientific article published on 01 August 2004

Increased risk of rectal cancer after prostate radiation: a population-based study

scientific article

Increasing rates of contralateral prophylactic mastectomy among patients with ductal carcinoma in situ

scientific article

Increasing use of contralateral prophylactic mastectomy for breast cancer patients: a trend toward more aggressive surgical treatment

journal article published in 2007

Influence of delays to nonemergent colon cancer surgery on operative mortality, disease-specific survival and overall survival

scientific article published on August 2009

Intensity modulated radiation therapy replaces 3-dimensional conformal radiotherapy as prostate cancer treatment

scientific article published on 14 February 2012

Inverse probability of treatment-weighted competing risks analysis: an application on long-term risk of urinary adverse events after prostate cancer treatments.

scientific article published on 10 July 2017

Linking the Iowa Women's Health Study cohort to Medicare data: linkage results and application to hip fracture.

scientific article

Locoregional treatment of breast cancer in women with and without preoperative magnetic resonance imaging

scientific article published on 12 June 2016

Low-intensity exercise and reduction of the risk for falls among at-risk elders

scientific article published on 01 October 2004

Lymph Node Evaluation for Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma and Its Value as a Quality Metric

scientific article

Lymph node evaluation for colon cancer in an era of quality guidelines: who improves?

scientific article published on 19 March 2013

Lymph node evaluation for treatment of adenocarcinoma of the pancreas

scientific article published on 7 August 2015

Lymph node evaluation in colorectal cancer patients: a population-based study

scientific article published on 01 February 2005

Lymph node evaluation is associated with improved survival after surgery for early stage gallbladder cancer.

scientific article

Magnitude and consequences of misclassification of incident hip fractures in large cohort studies: the Study of Osteoporotic Fractures and Medicare claims data.

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Major cancer surgery in the elderly: results from the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program

scientific article published in February 2010

Managed care enrollment and chronically disabled women with breast cancer.

scientific article published on August 2008

Measuring breast, colorectal, and prostate cancer screening with medicare claims data

scientific article

Medicaid, Medicare, and the Michigan Tumor Registry: a linkage strategy

scientific article published on 19 July 2007

Medicare HMO disenrollment and selective use of medical care: osteoarthritis-related joint replacement

scientific article published on 01 August 2000

Medicare HMOs: who joins and who leaves?

scientific article published on 01 April 1998

Medicare-certified home health care: urban-rural differences in utilization

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Medication use among Medicare beneficiaries with medical and psychiatric conditions, 2009-2011: Data Points #19

scientific article published on 30 May 2014

NIH state-of-the-science conference statement: Enhancing use and quality of colorectal cancer screening

scientific article published on February 2010

National Institutes of Health state-of-the-science conference statement: Enhancing use and quality of colorectal cancer screening

scientific article published on 13 April 2010

National health care costs of peripheral arterial disease in the Medicare population

scientific article published on August 2008

Network meta-analysis of margin threshold for women with ductal carcinoma in situ

scientific article published on 22 March 2012

Network meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials: reporting the proper summaries

scientific article published on 03 October 2013

Newly Medicare-eligible disabled: comparison of duals and nonduals ⬇️

scientific article published on August 3, 2012

Ninety-day mortality after intertrochanteric hip fracture: does provider volume matter?

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Notice of Retraction and Replacement. Tseng et al. Association of cataract surgery with mortality in older women: findings from the Women's Health Initiative. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2018;136(1):3-10

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Omission of radiation therapy after breast-conserving surgery in the United States: a population-based analysis of clinicopathologic factors.

scientific article published on 27 September 2011

Palliative radiotherapy in Medicare-certified freestanding hospices

scientific article published on 11 September 2008

Patient and surgeon characteristics associated with increased use of contralateral prophylactic mastectomy in patients with breast cancer

scientific article published on 4 August 2009

Physical performance effects of low-intensity exercise among clinically defined high-risk elders

scientific article published on 01 May 2003

Physician factors associated with discussions about end-of-life care

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Physician visits, patient comorbidities, and mammography use among elderly colorectal cancer survivors

scientific article published on 21 November 2007

Place of Death of Individuals with Terminal Cancer: New Insights from Medicare Hospice Place-of-Service Codes

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Postoperative irradiation for rectal cancer increases the risk of small bowel obstruction after surgery

scientific article published on 01 April 2007

Pre-fracture individual characteristics associated with high total health care costs after hip fracture.

scientific article published on 14 October 2016

Preoperative breast MRI and mortality in older women with breast cancer

Prevalence of incontinence by race and ethnicity of older people admitted to nursing homes.

scientific article published on 24 April 2013

Prevalence of pressure ulcers by race and ethnicity for older adults admitted to nursing homes

scientific article published on 7 November 2013

Prevention of Incontinence-Associated Skin Damage in Nursing Homes

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Prognostic Factors for Metachronous Contralateral Breast Cancer: Implications for Management of the Contralateral Breast

scientific article published on 18 December 2016

Propensity-Weighted Comparison of Long-Term Risk of Urinary Adverse Events in Elderly Women Treated For Cervical Cancer

scientific article published on 16 April 2015

Propensity-weighted long-term risk of urinary adverse events after prostate cancer surgery, radiation, or both

scientific article published on 10 September 2014

Proton beam radiotherapy in the U.S. Medicare population: growth in use between 2006 and 2009: Data Points # 10

scientific article published in June 2012

Provider factors associated with intramedullary nail use for intertrochanteric hip fractures

scientific article published in May 2010

Providing hospice care in rural areas: challenges and strategies

scientific article published on 01 September 2005

Quality of care along the cancer continuum: does receiving adequate lymph node evaluation for colon cancer lead to comprehensive postsurgical care?

scientific article published on 8 June 2012

Quality of life in a prospective cohort of elderly women with and without cancer

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RETRACTED: Association of Cataract Surgery With Mortality in Older Women: Findings from the Women's Health Initiative.

retracted scientific article published on 26 October 2017

Racial and income differences in use of the hospice benefit between the medicare managed care and medicare fee-for-service

scientific article published on 01 January 1999

Racial disparities in primary prevention of incontinence among older adults at nursing home admission.

scientific article published on 4 July 2016

Racial variation in quality of care among Medicare+Choice enrollees

scientific article published in November 2002

Racial variation in the control of diabetes among elderly medicare managed care beneficiaries

scientific article published in December 2003

Radiation after lumpectomy for DCIS to reduce the risk of invasive breast cancer: A population-based study

scientific article published in 2005

Random physician effect and comparative effectiveness of treatment for ductal carcinoma in situ

scientific article published on 03 January 2011

Re: Population-based study of contralateral prophylactic mastectomy and survival outcomes of breast cancer patients.

scientific article published on 12 August 2010

Reduction in Physician Reimbursement and Use of Hormone Therapy in Prostate Cancer ⬇️

scientific article published on December 3, 2010

Reply to Elderly patients diagnosed with hepatopancreatobiliary malignancies: A challenge beyond resection

scientific article published on 06 January 2017

Risk factors for meningioma in postmenopausal women: results from the Iowa Women's Health Study ⬇️

scientific article published on July 12, 2011

Risk factors for pancreatitis in older women: the Iowa Women's Health Study

scientific article published on 7 January 2015

Risk of pelvic fractures in older women following pelvic irradiation

journal article published in 2005

Screening mammography rate and predictors following treatment for colorectal cancer

scientific article published on 18 February 2009

Social Engagement After Nursing Home Admission

scientific article published on 26 November 2015

Studying radiation therapy using SEER-Medicare-linked data

scientific article published in August 2002

Surgery alone is adequate treatment for early stage soft tissue sarcoma of the extremity

journal article published in 2010

Surgical treatment of lung cancer: predicting postoperative morbidity in the elderly population.

scientific article published on 15 February 2012

T1 glottic carcinoma: do comorbidities, facility characteristics, and sociodemographics explain survival differences across treatment?

scientific article published on 24 February 2015

The Complex Relationship Between Quality and Resource Use Among Medicare Fee-for-Service Beneficiaries with Diabetes

scientific article published on 28 April 2015

The Medicare-HMO Revolving Door — The Healthy Go in and the Sick Go Out ⬇️

scientific article published on July 17, 1997

The Patient Burden of Bladder Outlet Obstruction after Prostate Cancer Treatment

scientific article published on 9 December 2015

The association of hip circumference with incident hip fracture in a cohort of postmenopausal women: the Iowa Women's Health Study

scientific article published on November 2008

The association of longitudinal and interpersonal continuity of care with emergency department use, hospitalization, and mortality among Medicare beneficiaries

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The association of preoperative breast magnetic resonance imaging and multiple breast surgeries among older women with early stage breast cancer

scientific article published on 25 January 2013

The effects of resident and nursing home characteristics on activities of daily living

scientific article published on 06 February 2009

The impact of Medicare coverage policies on health care utilization

scientific article published on 12 May 2008

The impact of a change in Medicare reimbursement policy and HEDIS measures on stage at diagnosis among Medicare HMO and fee-for-service female breast cancer patients

journal article published in 2007

The impact of center accreditation on hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT).

scientific article published on 10 November 2014

The impact of sentinel lymph node biopsy and magnetic resonance imaging on important outcomes among patients with ductal carcinoma in situ

scientific article published on January 2010

The impact of surgery, radiation, and systemic treatment on outcomes in patients with ductal carcinoma in situ.

scientific article published on January 2010

The influence of race/ethnicity and place of service on breast reconstruction for Medicare beneficiaries with mastectomy

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The long-term impact of surgical complications after resection of stage I nonsmall cell lung cancer: a population-based survival analysis

scientific article published on 01 August 2011

The rise in appendiceal cancer incidence: 2000-2009.

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The status of radical proctectomy and sphincter-sparing surgery in the United States

scientific article published on 01 August 2007

The use of preventive health services among elderly uterine cancer survivors

scientific article published on 01 January 2008

Three‐dimensional external beam radiotherapy for prostate cancer increases the risk of hip fracture ⬇️

scientific article published on March 16, 2011

Travel, Treatment Choice, and Survival Among Breast Cancer Patients: A Population-Based Analysis

scientific article published on 11 January 2021

Treatment and survival in 10,429 patients with localized laryngeal cancer: a population-based analysis

scientific article published on 17 March 2014

Trends in bariatric surgery in Medicare beneficiaries: Data Points # 17

Trends in incidence and management of lobular carcinoma in situ: a population-based analysis

scientific article

Trends in the incidence and treatment of parathyroid cancer in the United States

scientific article published in May 2007

Trends in the incidence of invasive and in situ vulvar carcinoma

journal article published in 2006

Trends in the local treatment of breast cancer: should we be worried?

scientific article published on March 2011

Trends in the treatment of ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast

scientific article published in March 2004

Trends in the use of echocardiography, 2007 to 2011: Data Points #20

Trends in the use of pre-operative radiation for adenocarcinoma of the pancreas in the United States

scientific article published on 28 February 2015

Tumor characteristics as predictors of local recurrence after treatment of ductal carcinoma in situ: a meta-analysis

scientific article published on 15 February 2011

United States trends in the surgical treatment of primary breast cancer

scientific article published on July 2012

Updated Overview of the SEER-Medicare Data: Enhanced Content and Applications

scientific article published on 01 May 2020

Use of SEER-Medicare data for measuring cancer surgery

scientific article

Use of Veterans Affairs Medical Care by Enrollees in Medicare HMOs ⬇️

scientific article published on October 2, 1997

Use of and access to health care by Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes: impact of diabetes type and insulin use, 2007-2011: Data Points # 18

scientific article published on 30 May 2014

Using a Spanish surname match to improve identification of Hispanic women in Medicare administrative data

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Utility of the SEER-Medicare data to identify chemotherapy use.

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Variability of preoperative breast MRI utilization among older women with newly diagnosed early-stage breast cancer.

scientific article published on 9 September 2013

Variation in diabetes care quality among medicare advantage plans: understanding the role of case mix.

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Variations in gastric cancer care: a trend beyond racial disparities

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Volume-outcome relationship for coronary artery bypass grafting in an era of decreasing volume

scientific article published in April 2008

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