The Influence of Practice Structure on Urologists' Treatment of Men With Low-Risk Prostate Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Vertical and horizontal integration among health care providers has transformed the practice arrangements under which many physicians work.

Objective

To examine the influence of type of practice structure, and by implication the financial incentives associated with each structure, on treatment received among men newly diagnosed with low-risk prostate cancer.

Research design

We compiled a unique database from cancer registry records from 4 large states, Medicare enrollment and claims for the years 2005-2014 and SK & A physician surveys corroborated by extensive internet searches. We estimated a multinomial logit model to examine the influence of urologist practice structure on type of initial treatment received.

Results

The probability of being monito

SUBMITTER: Mitchell JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9378464 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature