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Projections of the costs associated with colorectal cancer care in the United States, 2000-2020K Robin Yabroff
Health Services and Economics Branch Applied Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, 6130 Executive Boulevard, Bethesda, MD 10892, USA
Health Econ 17:947-59. 2008..The future economic burden of colorectal cancer to the Medicare program and its beneficiaries in the US will be substantial...
Comparison of approaches for estimating incidence costs of care for colorectal cancer patientsK Robin Yabroff
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
Med Care 47:S56-63. 2009..The objective of this study was to compare 3 approaches for estimating the incidence costs of colorectal cancer (CRC) care using similar patient populations, but different data sources and methods...
Projections of the cost of cancer care in the United States: 2010-2020Angela B Mariotto
Surveillance Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892 7344, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 103:117-28. 2011..Current estimates of the costs of cancer care in the United States are based on data from 2003 and earlier. However, incidence, survival, and practice patterns have been changing for the majority of cancers...- Comparison of approaches for estimating prevalence costs of care for cancer patients: what is the impact of data source?K Robin Yabroff
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 7344, USA
Med Care 47:S64-9. 2009.... - Evaluation of trends in the cost of initial cancer treatmentJoan L Warren
Health Services and Economics Branch Applied Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Executive Plaza North, Rm 4005, 6130 Executive Blvd, MSC 7344, Bethesda, MD 20892 7344, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 100:888-97. 2008..Despite reports of increases in the cost of cancer treatment, little is known about how costs of cancer treatment have changed over time and what services have contributed to the increases... - Cost of care for elderly cancer patients in the United StatesK Robin Yabroff
Health Services and Economics Branch Applied Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Executive Plaza North, Rm 4005, 6130 Executive Blvd, MSC 7344, Bethesda, MD 20892 7344, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 100:630-41. 2008..We estimated net costs of care for elderly cancer patients in the United States for the 18 most prevalent cancers and for all other tumor sites combined... - Estimates and projections of value of life lost from cancer deaths in the United StatesK Robin Yabroff
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892 7344, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 100:1755-62. 2008..Value-of-life methods are increasingly used in policy analyses of the economic burden of disease. The purpose of this study was to estimate and project the value of life lost from cancer deaths in the United States... - Are patterns of health behavior associated with cancer screening?Helen I Meissner
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892 7331, USA
Am J Health Promot 23:168-75. 2009..This study investigates the relationship between patterns of health behaviors and the use of cancer-screening tests while controlling for sociodemographic and health system factors... - Patient time costs associated with cancer careK Robin Yabroff
Health Services and Economics Branch, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Executive Plaza North, Rm 4005, 6130 Executive Blvd, MSC 7344, Bethesda, MD 20892 7344, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 99:14-23. 2007..In this study, we estimated patient time costs associated with cancer care in patients aged 65 years and older in the United States... - Are physicians' recommendations for colorectal cancer screening guideline-consistent?K Robin Yabroff
HealthServices and Economics Branch Applied Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892 7344, USA
J Gen Intern Med 26:177-84. 2011..The objective of this study was to explore potentially modifiable physician and practice factors associated with guideline-consistent recommendations for the menu of CRC screening modalities... - Long-term survivors of childhood cancers in the United StatesAngela B Mariotto
National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892 7344, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 18:1033-40. 2009..To estimate the number of individuals in the United States diagnosed with cancer as children (ages 0-19 years) as of 2005, with a focus on those surviving for >30 years... - Health limitations and quality of life associated with cancer and other chronic diseases by phase of careK Robin Yabroff
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, 6130 Executive Boulevard, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Med Care 45:629-37. 2007..To estimate health limitations and health-related quality of life (HRQL) associated with cancer and other chronic conditions in a nationally representative sample within a phase-of-care framework... - End-of-life care for lung cancer patients in the United States and OntarioJoan L Warren
Health Services and Economics Branch, Applied Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892 7344, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 103:853-62. 2011..Both the United States and Canada offer government-financed health insurance for the elderly, but few studies have compared care at the end of life for cancer patients between the two systems... - What proportion of breast cancers are detected by mammography in the United States?Nancy Breen
Health Services and Economics Branch, Applied Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, EPN 4005, 6130 Executive Boulevard, MSC 7344, Rockville, MD 20852 7344, USA
Cancer Detect Prev 31:220-4. 2007..To rectify this gap, questions were added to the leading national health survey. Mammography was of special interest because it is widely used in the US and has evidence of a mortality benefit... - Specialty differences in primary care physician reports of papanicolaou test screening practices: a national survey, 2006 to 2007K Robin Yabroff
National Cancer Institute and the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, and Information Management Services, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
Ann Intern Med 151:602-11. 2009..Little information is available about primary care physicians' current Papanicolaou (Pap) test screening practices, including initiation, frequency, and stopping... - Human papillomavirus vaccine practices in the USA: do primary care providers use sexual history and cervical cancer screening results to make HPV vaccine recommendations?Deanna Kepka
Health Services and Economics Branch, Applied Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Executive Plaza North, Room 4017, 6130 Executive Boulevard, MSC 7344, Bethesda, MD 20892 7344, USA
Sex Transm Infect 88:433-5. 2012..Guidelines recommend that age-eligible women with past exposure to HPV should still be vaccinated. Little is known about how primary care providers (PCPs) use sexual history and HPV and Pap tests in their HPV vaccine recommendations... - A multilevel research perspective on cancer care delivery: the example of follow-up to an abnormal mammogramStephen H Taplin
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 21:1709-15. 2012..We propose that taking this multilevel perspective when designing interventions may improve the quality of cancer care in an effective and sustainable way... - Burden of illness in adult survivors of childhood cancers: findings from a population-based national sampleEmily Dowling
Applied Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 7344, USA
Cancer 116:3712-21. 2010..The purpose of this study was to use a national, population-based sample to estimate the burden of illness in adult survivors of childhood cancer... - Too much of a good thing? Physician practices and patient willingness for less frequent pap test screening intervalsHelen I Meissner
Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, National Institutes of Health, 31 Center Dr, Building 31 Room B1C19, Bethesda, MD 20892 2027, USA
Med Care 48:249-59. 2010..Recent guidelines recommend longer Pap test intervals. However, physicians and patients may not be adopting these recommendations... - Trends in abnormal cancer screening results in the United States of AmericaK Robin Yabroff
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892 7344, USA
J Med Screen 14:67-72. 2007..Although recent trends in the use of recommended breast and cervical cancer screening have been well documented in the USA, little is known about trends in the prevalence of abnormal screening results... - Costs of cancer care in the USA: a descriptive reviewK Robin Yabroff
Health Services and Economics Branch, Applied Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892 7344, USA
Nat Clin Pract Oncol 4:643-56. 2007.... - Projecting the number of patients with colorectal carcinoma by phases of care in the US: 2000-2020Angela B Mariotto
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Cancer Causes Control 17:1215-26. 2006..This study provides projections of colorectal cancer prevalence by phases of care (initial, monitoring, and last year of life) to the year 2020 and describes the estimation method... - Systems strategies to support cancer screening in U.S. primary care practiceK Robin Yabroff
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 20:2471-9. 2011..Although systems strategies are effective in improving health care delivery, little is known about their use for cancer screening in U.S. primary care practice... - Is mode of breast cancer detection associated with cancer treatment in the United States?K Robin Yabroff
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892 7344, USA
Cancer 112:1011-9. 2008..In the current study, the authors explored whether detection by mammography was associated with greater use of guideline-consistent breast cancer treatment among patients with recently diagnosed breast cancer in the United States... - Estimating patient time costs associated with colorectal cancer careK Robin Yabroff
Health Services and Economics Branch Applied Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 7344, USA
Med Care 43:640-8. 2005..Nonmedical costs of care, such as patient time associated with travel to, waiting for, and seeking medical care, are rarely measured systematically with population-based data... - Inventory of data sources for estimating health care costs in the United StatesJennifer L Lund
Health Services and Economics Branch, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892 7344, USA
Med Care 47:S127-42. 2009..To develop an inventory of data sources for estimating health care costs in the United States and provide information to aid researchers in identifying appropriate data sources for their specific research questions... - Interventions to improve cancer screening: commentary from a health services research perspectiveK Robin Yabroff
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7344, USA
Am J Prev Med 35:S6-9. 2008 - Realizing the promise of breast cancer screening: clinical follow-up after abnormal screening among Black womenJon F Kerner
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892 0001, USA
Prev Med 37:92-101. 2003.... - Whatever happened to clinical breast examinations?Helen I Meissner
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20852 7335, USA
Am J Prev Med 25:259-63. 2003..The purpose of this study was to examine trends in the use of clinical breast examinations (CBE), mammography, and both tests between the years 1990 and 2000... - The quality of medical care at the end-of-life in the USA: existing barriers and examples of process and outcome measuresK Robin Yabroff
Cancer Control Program, Department of Human Oncology, Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
Palliat Med 18:202-16. 2004..Cancer is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the USA and despite many recent advances in detection and treatment, over half a million cancer patients in this country will die from their disease each year... - Does stage at diagnosis influence the observed relationship between socioeconomic status and breast cancer incidence, case-fatality, and mortality?K Robin Yabroff
Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
Soc Sci Med 57:2265-79. 2003.... - Assessment of a national health interview survey-based method of measuring community socioeconomic statusK Robin Yabroff
Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Ann Epidemiol 13:721-6. 2003.... - What factors are associated with diagnostic follow-up after abnormal mammograms? Findings from a U.S. National SurveyK Robin Yabroff
Health Services and Economics Branch Applied Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892 7344, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 13:723-32. 2004.... - Economic burden of cancer in the United States: estimates, projections, and future researchK Robin Yabroff
Health Services and Economics Branch Applied Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 20:2006-14. 2011..This work will inform efforts by health care policy makers, health care systems, providers, and employers to improve the cancer survivorship experience in the United States... - Time costs associated with informal caregiving for cancer survivorsK Robin Yabroff
Health Services and Economics Branch, Applied Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 7344, USA
Cancer 115:4362-73. 2009..To the authors' knowledge, little work has been done to estimate the time costs associated with informal caregiving for cancer survivors... - Patterns of care and survival for patients with glioblastoma multiforme diagnosed during 2006K Robin Yabroff
Health Services and Economics Branch Applied Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Executive Plaza North, Rm 4005, 6130 Executive Blvd, MSC 7344, Bethesda, MD 20892 7344, USA
Neuro Oncol 14:351-9. 2012..We observed rapid diffusion of a new standard of treatment, adjuvant and concurrent TMZ with RT, among adult patients with newly diagnosed GBM in the community setting following publication of a pivotal clinical trial... - Physician recommendations for follow-up of positive fecal occult blood testsK Robin Yabroff
National Cancer Institute, USA
Med Care Res Rev 62:79-110. 2005..Development of interventions to improve recommendations of CDE is an important area for future research... - The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) experiences with cancer survivorship supplementK Robin Yabroff
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
J Cancer Surviv 6:407-19. 2012.... - Variations in surgery for early-stage breast cancer: what are we measuring?K Robin Yabroff
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Lancet 366:188-90. 2005 - Geographic disparities in cervical cancer mortality: what are the roles of risk factor prevalence, screening, and use of recommended treatment?K Robin Yabroff
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892 7344, USA
J Rural Health 21:149-57. 2005.... - Burden of illness in cancer survivors: findings from a population-based national sampleK Robin Yabroff
Health Services and Economics Branch Applied Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892 7344, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 96:1322-30. 2004..The purpose of this study was to estimate the burden of illness in cancer survivors in a national, population-based sample... - Walking the dog: is pet ownership associated with physical activity in California?K Robin Yabroff
Applied Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
J Phys Act Health 5:216-28. 2008..In this study, we explored associations between pet ownership and physical activity in a large, ethnically diverse population-based sample in California... - Patterns of care in adults with renal cell carcinoma: findings in a population based sampleK Robin Yabroff
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 7344, USA
J Urol 181:2462-8; discussion 2469. 2009..However, few studies include detailed information on patient, clinical and health system characteristics in the evaluation of surgical management and the use of systemic therapies in community practice... - Trends in time to completion of mammographic screening and follow-up servicesK Robin Yabroff
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Executive Plaza North, Rm 4005, 6130 Executive Blvd, MSc, Bethesda, MD 73445, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 188:242-5. 2007..Further monitoring of time required to complete screening and follow-up services in other regions can inform debates on mammographic capacity...