Published in J Rural Health on January 01, 2007
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Increasing use of contralateral prophylactic mastectomy for breast cancer patients: a trend toward more aggressive surgical treatment. J Clin Oncol (2007) 3.84
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Trends in the incidence of invasive and in situ vulvar carcinoma. Obstet Gynecol (2006) 1.69
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Factors associated with reduction in use of neoadjuvant androgen suppression therapy before radical prostatectomy. Urology (2013) 1.44
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Measuring breast, colorectal, and prostate cancer screening with medicare claims data. Med Care (2002) 1.37
Racial variation in the control of diabetes among elderly medicare managed care beneficiaries. Diabetes Care (2003) 1.35
NIH state-of-the-science conference statement: Enhancing use and quality of colorectal cancer screening. NIH Consens State Sci Statements (2010) 1.30
Trends in the incidence and treatment of parathyroid cancer in the United States. Cancer (2007) 1.26
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Lymph node evaluation is associated with improved survival after surgery for early stage gallbladder cancer. Surgery (2009) 1.16
Improving identification of Hispanic males in Medicare: use of surname matching. Med Care (2004) 1.16
Using a Spanish surname match to improve identification of Hispanic women in Medicare administrative data. Health Serv Res (2006) 1.13
Physician visits, patient comorbidities, and mammography use among elderly colorectal cancer survivors. J Cancer Surviv (2007) 1.12
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The use of preventive health services among elderly uterine cancer survivors. Am J Obstet Gynecol (2008) 1.05
Three-dimensional external beam radiotherapy for prostate cancer increases the risk of hip fracture. Cancer (2011) 1.04
Disparate use of minimally invasive surgery in benign surgical conditions. Surg Endosc (2008) 1.04
Five-year rehospitalization outcomes in a cohort of patients with acute ischemic stroke: Medicare linkage study. Stroke (2011) 1.02
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. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2009) 1.01
The impact of Medicare coverage policies on health care utilization. Health Serv Res (2008) 1.00
Network meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials: reporting the proper summaries. Clin Trials (2013) 1.00
An evaluation of the relationship between lymph node number and staging in pT3 colon cancer using population-based data. Dis Colon Rectum (2010) 0.99
A critical analysis of the surgical management of early-stage gallbladder cancer in the United States. J Gastrointest Surg (2008) 0.99
The impact of surgery, radiation, and systemic treatment on outcomes in patients with ductal carcinoma in situ. J Natl Cancer Inst Monogr (2010) 0.99
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The effects of resident and nursing home characteristics on activities of daily living. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci (2009) 0.91
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. Med Care (2007) 0.90
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Physical performance effects of low-intensity exercise among clinically defined high-risk elders. Gerontology (2003) 0.88
Estimation of standardized hospital costs from Medicare claims that reflect resource requirements for care: impact for cohort studies linked to Medicare claims. Health Serv Res (2014) 0.88
Screening mammography rate and predictors following treatment for colorectal cancer. J Cancer Surviv (2009) 0.88
Influence of delays to nonemergent colon cancer surgery on operative mortality, disease-specific survival and overall survival. Can J Surg (2009) 0.88
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Variability of preoperative breast MRI utilization among older women with newly diagnosed early-stage breast cancer. Breast J (2013) 0.87
Variations in gastric cancer care: a trend beyond racial disparities. Cancer (2010) 0.87
Postoperative irradiation for rectal cancer increases the risk of small bowel obstruction after surgery. Ann Surg (2007) 0.87
Linking tumor registry and Medicaid claims to evaluate cancer care delivery. Health Care Financ Rev (2009) 0.86
Palliative radiotherapy in Medicare-certified freestanding hospices. J Pain Symptom Manage (2008) 0.86
Low-intensity exercise and reduction of the risk for falls among at-risk elders. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci (2004) 0.86
Appendiceal carcinoid tumors: Predictors of lymph node metastasis and the impact of right hemicolectomy on survival. J Surg Oncol (2011) 0.85
Intensity modulated radiation therapy replaces 3-dimensional conformal radiotherapy as prostate cancer treatment. J Urol (2012) 0.85
Providing hospice care in rural areas: challenges and strategies. Am J Hosp Palliat Care (2005) 0.84
Effects of postmenopausal hormone therapy on incident atrial fibrillation: the Women's Health Initiative randomized controlled trials. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol (2012) 0.83
Evaluation of a patient-reported continuity of care model for older adults. Qual Life Res (2013) 0.83
Do claims-based continuity of care measures reflect the patient perspective? Med Care Res Rev (2013) 0.83
United States trends in the surgical treatment of primary breast cancer. World J Surg (2012) 0.83
Quality of care along the cancer continuum: does receiving adequate lymph node evaluation for colon cancer lead to comprehensive postsurgical care? J Am Coll Surg (2012) 0.83
Trends in the local treatment of breast cancer: should we be worried? J Surg Oncol (2011) 0.83
Bias due to missing SEER data in D'Amico risk stratification of prostate cancer. J Urol (2012) 0.83
Body mass index and major cancer surgery outcomes: lack of association or need for alternative measurements of obesity? Ann Surg Oncol (2010) 0.82
Trends in incidence and management of lobular carcinoma in situ: a population-based analysis. Ann Surg Oncol (2013) 0.81
Improved care and outcomes among elderly medicare managed care beneficiaries with diabetes. Am J Manag Care (2005) 0.81
Cognition moderates the relationship between facility characteristics, personal impairments, and nursing home residents' activities of daily living. J Am Geriatr Soc (2010) 0.79
The association of preoperative breast magnetic resonance imaging and multiple breast surgeries among older women with early stage breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res Treat (2013) 0.79
Lymph node evaluation for colon cancer in an era of quality guidelines: who improves? J Oncol Pract (2013) 0.79