Patterns of immediate breast reconstruction in New South Wales, Australia: a population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The rate of immediate breast reconstruction (IBR) following mastectomy for breast cancer in Australia is low and varies between regions. To date, no previous Australian studies have examined IBR rates between all hospitals within a particular jurisdiction, despite hospitals being an important known contributor to variation in IBR rates in other countries.

Methods

We used cross-classified random-effects logistic regression models to examine the inter-hospital variation in IBR rates by using data on 7961 women who underwent therapeutic mastectomy procedures in New South Wales (NSW) between January 2012 and June 2015. We derived IBR rates by patient-, residential neighbourhood- and hospital-related factors and investigated the underlying drivers for the variation in

SUBMITTER: Feng Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6852512 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature