Continuity of care and advanced prostate cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Continuity of care is an important element of advanced prostate cancer care due to the availability of multiple treatment options, and associated toxicity. However, the association between continuity of care and outcomes across different racial groups remains unclear.

Objective

To assess the association of provider continuity of care with outcomes among Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries with advanced prostate cancer and its variation by race.

Design

Retrospective cohort study using Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER)-Medicare data.

Subjects

African American and white Medicare beneficiaries aged 66 or older, and diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer between 2000 and 2011. At least 5 years of follow-up data for the cohort was used

SUBMITTER: Jayadevappa R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10242338 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature