John Bian

Summary

Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Outpatient mastectomy and breast reconstructive surgery
    John Bian
    HSR and D, Atlanta VA Medical Center, 1670 Clairmont Road, Decatur, Georgia 30033, USA
    Ann Surg Oncol 15:1032-9. 2008
  2. ncbi Spillover effects of state mandated benefit laws: the case of outpatient breast cancer surgery
    John Bian
    Health Services Research and Development, Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, GA 30033, USA
    Inquiry 46:433-47. 2009
  3. ncbi Trends in outpatient breast cancer surgery among Medicare fee-for-service patients in the United States from 1993 to 2002
    John Bian
    Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, GA 30033, USA
    Chin J Cancer 30:197-203. 2011
  4. ncbi Free-standing ambulatory surgery centers and hospital surgery volume
    John Bian
    Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, USA
    Inquiry 44:200-10. 2007
  5. ncbi Impact of obesity on resource utilization for general surgical procedures
    Mary T Hawn
    Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama, USA
    Ann Surg 241:821-6; discussion 826-8. 2005
  6. ncbi Medicare HMO penetration and mortality outcomes of ischemic stroke
    John Bian
    Division of Preventive Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Deep South Center on Effectiveness at Birmingham VA Medical Center, 35295 4410, USA
    Am J Manag Care 12:58-64. 2006
  7. ncbi Insurance status and stage of cancer at diagnosis among women with breast cancer
    Michael T Halpern
    Epidemiology and Surveillance Research, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
    Cancer 110:403-11. 2007

Detail Information

Publications7

  1. ncbi Outpatient mastectomy and breast reconstructive surgery
    John Bian
    HSR and D, Atlanta VA Medical Center, 1670 Clairmont Road, Decatur, Georgia 30033, USA
    Ann Surg Oncol 15:1032-9. 2008
    ..Outpatient mastectomy, which could lower use of breast reconstruction, may raise concerns about whether patients receive adequate post-mastectomy care...
  2. ncbi Spillover effects of state mandated benefit laws: the case of outpatient breast cancer surgery
    John Bian
    Health Services Research and Development, Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, GA 30033, USA
    Inquiry 46:433-47. 2009
    ..Such a spillover effect may diminish the expected impact of federal coverage laws for inpatient breast cancer surgery, which have been proposed to achieve similar ends...
  3. ncbi Trends in outpatient breast cancer surgery among Medicare fee-for-service patients in the United States from 1993 to 2002
    John Bian
    Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, GA 30033, USA
    Chin J Cancer 30:197-203. 2011
    ....
  4. ncbi Free-standing ambulatory surgery centers and hospital surgery volume
    John Bian
    Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, USA
    Inquiry 44:200-10. 2007
    ..5%. MSA and year fixed-effects regression analyses suggest that an increase of one ASC per 100,000 people was associated with a 4.3% reduction in hospital outpatient surgical volume, but was not associated with inpatient surgical volume...
  5. ncbi Impact of obesity on resource utilization for general surgical procedures
    Mary T Hawn
    Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama, USA
    Ann Surg 241:821-6; discussion 826-8. 2005
    ..To determine the impact of the obesity epidemic on workload for general surgeons...
  6. ncbi Medicare HMO penetration and mortality outcomes of ischemic stroke
    John Bian
    Division of Preventive Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Deep South Center on Effectiveness at Birmingham VA Medical Center, 35295 4410, USA
    Am J Manag Care 12:58-64. 2006
    ..To examine associations between Medicare health maintenance organization (HMO) penetration and stroke mortality outcomes among older persons...
  7. ncbi Insurance status and stage of cancer at diagnosis among women with breast cancer
    Michael T Halpern
    Epidemiology and Surveillance Research, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
    Cancer 110:403-11. 2007
    ..The authors examined the associations of insurance status with stage at diagnosis among women with breast cancer...