Health care delivery system contributions to management of newly diagnosed prostate cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite clinical guidelines advocating for use of conservative management in specific clinical scenarios for men with prostate cancer, there continues to be tremendous variation in its uptake. This variation may be amplified among men with competing health risks, for whom treatment decisions are not straightforward. The degree to which characteristics of the health care delivery system explain this variation remains unclear.

Methods

Using national Medicare data, men with newly diagnosed prostate cancer between 2014 and 2019 were identified. Hierarchical logistic regression models were used to assess the association between use of treatment and health care delivery system determinants operating at the practice level, which included measures of financial incentives

SUBMITTER: Krampe N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10501260 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature