Urology Workforce Changes and Implications for Prostate Cancer Care Among Medicare Enrollees.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To characterize national trends in urologist workforce, practice organization, and management of incident prostate cancer.

Methods

Using Medicare claims data from 2010 to 2016, we identified all urologists billing Medicare and the practice with which they were affiliated. We characterized groups as solo, small single specialty, large single specialty, multispecialty, specialist, or hospital-owned practices. Using a 20% sample of national Medicare claims, we identified all patients with incident prostate cancer and identified their primary treatment.

Results

The number of urologists increased from 9,305 in 2010 to 9,570 in 2016 (P = .03), while the number of practices decreased from 3,588 to 2,861 (P < .001). The proportion of urologists in multispecialty gro

SUBMITTER: Marchetti KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8374001 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature