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Impact of clinical trials on the cost of cancer careT N Chirikos
H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33612 9497, USA
Med Care 39:373-83. 2001..Empirical evidence on the economic impact of cancer clinical trials is in short supply, but it is widely assumed that clinical trials add at least 10% to overall costs...- Appraising the economic efficiency of cancer treatment: an exploratory analysis of lung cancerThomas N Chirikos
H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute at the University of South Florida, Cancer Control, MRC, 12902 Magnolia Drive, Tampa, FL 33612 9497, USA
Health Care Manag Sci 6:87-95. 2003..These findings imply that the delivery of lung cancer care is inefficient. Substantive and methodological implications are discussed... - Functional impairment and the economic consequences of female breast cancerThomas N Chirikos
H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa 33612 9497, USA
Women Health 36:1-20. 2002..Impaired women, in turn, were more likely to reduce work effort and experience downturns in market earnings, among other things. Policy and research implications are discussed... - Cost-effectiveness analysis of a complementary health intervention: the case of smoking relapse preventionThomas N Chirikos
Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
Int J Technol Assess Health Care 20:475-80. 2004..The major goal of the study is to carry out such a test... - Evaluation of breast cancer care under Puerto Rico's Health Care ReformThomas N Chirikos
H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute at the University of South Florida, USA
J Health Care Poor Underserved 18:116-38. 2007..On balance, we conclude that previously underserved women are being treated for breast cancer roughly on par with other patients. This conclusion, however, is preliminary and subject to important qualifications... - Cost-effectiveness of an intervention to increase cancer screening in primary care settingsThomas N Chirikos
H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, University of South Florida, Cancer Prevention and Control, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
Prev Med 39:230-8. 2004.... - Economic analysis of cancer treatment costs: another tool for oncology managersT N Chirikos
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute at the University of South Florida, Tampa, USA
J Oncol Manag 10:11-7. 2001..Among other things, we conclude that economic analysis of cancer treatment costs is feasible and that it can provide useful data for managerial decision making... - Breast cancer detection and outcomes in a disability beneficiary populationRichard G Roetzheim
University of South Florida, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
J Health Care Poor Underserved 13:461-76. 2002..In conclusion, disabled patients tended to be diagnosed with breast cancer at a later stage and to have higher mortality. These findings were more pronounced in Medicare FFS than in Medicare HMOs... - Indirect economic effects of long-term breast cancer survivalThomas N Chirikos
Cancer Control, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida 33612-9497, USA
Cancer Pract 10:248-55. 2002..CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: Clinicians and policy makers must seek ways to minimize the indirect economic losses that are attributable to breast cancer... - Efficacy and cost-effectiveness of a minimal intervention to prevent smoking relapse: dismantling the effects of amount of content versus contactThomas H Brandon
Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33617, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 72:797-808. 2004..Eight booklets produced consistently higher point-prevalence abstinence rates than did a single booklet, but frequency of contact did not affect outcome. Moreover, the high-content interventions were highly cost-effective... - Managed care and cancer outcomes for Medicare beneficiaries with disabilitiesRichard G Roetzheim
Department of Family Medicine, University of South Florida, 12901 Bruce B Downs Blvd, MDC 13, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
Am J Manag Care 14:287-96. 2008..To determine if the type of insurance arrangement, specifically health maintenance organization (HMO) vs fee-for-service (FFS), affects cancer outcomes for Medicare beneficiaries with disabilities... - A randomized controlled trial to increase cancer screening among attendees of community health centersRichard G Roetzheim
Department of Family Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Fla 33612, USA
Ann Fam Med 2:294-300. 2004..We assessed the efficacy of the Cancer Screening Office Systems (Cancer SOS), an intervention designed to increase cancer screening in primary care settings serving disadvantaged populations... - Current and evolving strategies for colorectal cancer screeningJames Helm
Gastrointestinal Tumor Program, H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center Research Institute at the University of South Florida, Tampa 33612, USA
Cancer Control 10:193-204. 2003..Colorectal cancer is a major cause of cancer mortality and morbidity. Screening can potentially prevent most colorectal cancers by detection and removal of precursor adenomas... - Cost disparities in lung cancer treatment by disability status, sex, and raceThomas N Chirikos
H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
Disabil Health J 1:108-15. 2008.... - Efficacy and costs of two forms of stress management training for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapyPaul B Jacobsen
H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute and University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
J Clin Oncol 20:2851-62. 2002.... - Screening for lung cancer with CT: a preliminary cost-effectiveness analysisThomas N Chirikos
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute at the University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
Chest 121:1507-14. 2002..CONCLUSION: If screening for lung cancer is effective, it is likely to be cost-effective if the screening process can detect > 50% of cancers at localized stage... - Cancer economics: on variations in the costs of treating cancerThomas N Chirikos
Department of Cancer Control at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
Cancer Control 9:59-66. 2002 - Cost consequences of sentinel lymph node biopsy in the treatment of breast cancer. A preliminary analysisT N Chirikos
Center for Health Outcomes Research, University of South Florida, USA
Int J Technol Assess Health Care 17:626-31. 2001..CONCLUSIONS: SLNB may be cost-effective, but longer term costs and outcomes must be estimated before firm conclusions can be reached... - Potential economic effects of volume-outcome relationships in the treatment of three common cancersThomas N Chirikos
Department of Cancer Prevention and Control, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
Cancer Control 11:258-64. 2004 - Three questions about costs and cancer clinical trialsThomas N Chirikos
Department of Cancer Control, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center Research Institute, Tampa, Florida 33612, USA
Cancer Control 10:71-8. 2003 - Clinical trials and tribulations: lessons learned from recruiting pregnant ex-smokers for relapse preventionElena N Lopez
Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, and the H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL 33617, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 10:87-96. 2008..The primary difference was that the former had smoked fewer cigarettes per day and reported lower nicotine dependence prior to quitting. Strengths and limitations of the recruitment strategies are discussed... - Effect of concomitant use of benzodiazepines and other drugs on the risk of injury in a veterans populationDustin D French
VISN 8 Measurement and Evaluation Team, James A Haley Hospital, Tampa, Florida 33612, USA
Drug Saf 28:1141-50. 2005..The aim of this study is to examine the occurrence of the concomitant use of benzodiazepines and other drugs and then quantify the indirect effect of these drug combinations on the likelihood of an injury-related health care episode... - Cancer stage at diagnosis and survival among persons with Social Security Disability Insurance on MedicareEllen P McCarthy
Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Avenue, E RO 139, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Health Serv Res 42:611-28. 2007..To examine stage at diagnosis and survival for disabled Medicare beneficiaries diagnosed with cancer under age 65 and compare their experiences with those of other persons diagnosed under age 65... - Disparities in breast cancer treatment and survival for women with disabilitiesEllen P McCarthy
Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Ann Intern Med 145:637-45. 2006..Little is known about breast cancer treatment for women with disabilities... - Cost-effectiveness of screening for lung cancerThomas N Chirikos
JAMA 289:2358; author reply 2358-9. 2003