Regional-Level Correlations in Inappropriate Imaging Rates for Prostate and Breast Cancers: Potential Implications for the Choosing Wisely Campaign.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The association between regional norms of clinical practice and appropriateness of care is incompletely understood. Understanding regional patterns of care across diseases might optimize implementation of programs like Choosing Wisely, an ongoing campaign to decrease wasteful medical expenditures.

Objective

To determine whether regional rates of inappropriate prostate and breast cancer imaging were associated.

Design, setting, and participants

Retrospective cohort study using the the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results-Medicare linked database. We identified patients diagnosed from 2004 to 2007 with low-risk prostate (clinical stage T1c/T2a; Gleason score, ≤6; and prostate-specific antigen level, <10 ng/mL) or breast cancer (in situ, stage I, or sta

SUBMITTER: Makarov DV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4707944 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature