- Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- Breast Implant and Reconstruction
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
- Cancer Risks and Factors
- Healthcare cost, quality, practices
- Multiple and Secondary Primary Cancers
- Global Health Care Issues
- Cancer survivorship and care
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Public Health Policies and Education
- Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Efficiency Analysis Using DEA
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2018-2023
CorPower Ocean (Sweden)
2023
Calhoun Community College
2023
Office of the Director
2021
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2019
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
2019
Virginia Commonwealth University
2015-2018
CDC Foundation
2018
In the United States in 2019, an estimated 16.9 million persons are living after receiving a cancer diagnosis (1). These survivors face many challenges, including functional limitations, serious psychological distress (2), and other lasting late effects of treatments. Because high cost therapy, more likely to substantial out-of-pocket health care expenditures financial hardship, compared with without history (3,4). Out-of-pocket hardship associated have been higher among aged 18-64 years...
Awareness of the link between breast cancer and risk factors such as family history alcohol consumption may help modify health behaviors. To reduce for among young women, it is important to understand overall levels awareness socioeconomic differences in awareness. Data from National Survey Family Growth 2011-2015 were used examine two cancer, positive consumption, women aged 15-44 years (n = 10,940) United States by presence characteristics. Prevalence history, non-binge, binge drinking was...
This study estimates the rural-urban differences in outpatient service utilization and expenditures for depression, anxiety disorder, substance use evolving mental health provider mix privately insured US adults aged 18-64 during 2005-2018.We used IBM MarketScan Commercial Claims Encounters Database individuals covered by employer-sponsored insurance, from 2005 to 2018, with a yearly total number of beneficiaries ranging 17.5 53.1 million. nonelderly abuse coverage are included. Outcomes...
The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact rural hospital closures on age-adjusted hospitalization rates for ambulatory care sensitive condition (ACSC) and emergency (ECSC) associated outcomes, such as length stay in-hospital mortality in service areas (HSAs) that utilized closed hospital.We used State Inpatient Data from Healthcare Cost Utilization Project 9 states 2010 2017 classified admissions ACSC or ECSC. We compared admission (LOS) ECSC age adjusted rate among ZIP codes HSAs...
Background: In recent years, most insurance plans eliminated cost-sharing for breast cancer screening and recommended intervals changed, newer modalities—digital mammography tomosynthesis—became more widely available. The objectives of this study are to examine how these changes affected utilization, frequency, costs among commercially insured women, understand factors associated with utilization frequency screening. Materials Methods: This used commercial claims data women 50 64 years age,...
Obesity is associated with a substantial health and economic burden in the general population United States. This study estimates excess care utilization medical spending overweight obesity among long-term cancer survivors.Long-term survivors (≥2 years after their diagnosis) aged ≥18 (N = 12,547) were identified from nationally representative 2008-2016 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. A 2-part modeling approach was used to calculate average annual by service type. Excess (25 kg/m2 ≤ body...
Assisted living facilities (ALFs) have grown over the past few decades. If they attract residents with lower care needs away from nursing homes (NHs), NHs may be left higher case mix residents. We study relationship between ALF bed market capacity and NH in a state (Virginia) where stabilized after period of growth. Similarly, use had been stable. While it is interesting to markets flux, for planning purposes, also important examine what happens periods turbulence adaptation. Our findings...
e17025 Background: PSMA-targeted radioligand therapy (PRLT) using the alpha-emitter Ac-225 PSMA-617 is effective in metastatic prostate cancer progressing after beta-emitter-based PRLT Lu-177 PSMA-617, and presence of diffuse bone marrow metastases. Xerostomia a dose-limiting factor Ac-225. Augmented Alpha-Beta concept concomitantly administering PSMA lower activities, as trade-off between efficacy toxicity, i.e., xerostomia. The objective this study was to compare overall survival (OS),...