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Access to cancer services for rural colorectal cancer patientsLaura Mae Baldwin
Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
J Rural Health 24:390-9. 2008..Cancer care requires specialty surgical and medical resources that are less likely to be found in rural areas...
Access to specialty health care for rural American Indians in two statesLaura Mae Baldwin
Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington 98195 4982, USA
J Rural Health 24:269-78. 2008..Specialty services, largely funded through contracts with outside practitioners, may be limited by low IHS funding levels...
Access to multidisciplinary cancer care: is it linked to the use of breast-conserving surgery with radiation for early-stage breast carcinoma?Laura Mae Baldwin
Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195 4696, USA
Cancer 100:701-9. 2004..Breast-conserving surgery (BCS) with radiation (BCSR) requires a multidisciplinary care approach between surgeons and radiation oncologists...- In search of the perfect comorbidity measure for use with administrative claims data: does it exist?Laura Mae Baldwin
Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195 4982, USA
Med Care 44:745-53. 2006..Numerous measures of comorbidity have been developed for health services research with administrative claims... - Quality of care for acute myocardial infarction in rural and urban US hospitalsLaura Mae Baldwin
University of Washington, Department of Family Medicine, Box 354982, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
J Rural Health 20:99-108. 2004..Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a common and important cause of admission to US rural hospitals, as transport of patients with AMI to urban settings can result in unacceptable delays in care... - Explaining black-white differences in receipt of recommended colon cancer treatmentLaura Mae Baldwin
Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 4982, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 97:1211-20. 2005..This retrospective cohort study examines the degree to which health systems (e.g., physician, hospital) factors explain black-white disparities in colon cancer care... - Modeling the mental health workforce in Washington State: using state licensing data to examine provider supply in rural and urban areasLaura Mae Baldwin
Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
J Rural Health 22:50-8. 2006..Ensuring an adequate mental health provider supply in rural and urban areas requires accessible methods of identifying provider types, practice locations, and practice productivity... - Completion of therapy by Medicare patients with stage III colon cancerSharon A Dobie
Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 6390, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 98:610-9. 2006..We investigated mortality as a means to testing the validity of the completion measure that we created... - Disparities in infant health among American Indians and Alaska natives in US metropolitan areasDavid C Grossman
Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Pediatrics 109:627-33. 2002..To determine geographic variation in urban American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) rates of infant mortality, low birth weight, prenatal care use, and maternal-child health care service availability... - Involvement of gynecologic oncologists in the treatment of patients with a suspicious ovarian massBarbara A Goff
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Obstet Gynecol 118:854-62. 2011..To identify the factors associated with inclusion of a gynecologic oncologist in managing the care of a woman with suspected ovarian cancer... - Receipt of general medical care by colorectal cancer patients: a longitudinal studyLaura Mae Baldwin
Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 4982, USA
J Am Board Fam Med 24:57-68. 2011..This study examined changes in general medical care among elderly patients with colorectal cancer (CRC), from before diagnosis through long-term survival... - Effect of Medicare coverage on use of invasive colorectal cancer screening testsCynthia W Ko
Division of Gastroenterology, University of Washington, Box 356424, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Arch Intern Med 162:2581-6. 2002..Screening for colorectal cancer is now widely recommended but underused. Lack of insurance coverage for screening tests may be one reason patients do not undergo these procedures... - Accuracy of Medicare claims for identifying findings and procedures performed during colonoscopyCynthia W Ko
Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Gastrointest Endosc 73:447-453.e1. 2011..Administrative claims data are frequently used for quality measurement... - Differences among the elderly in the treatment costs of colorectal cancer: how important is race?George E Wright
Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle 98195 4982, USA
Med Care 45:420-30. 2007..Medical expenditures adjusted for price differences are a barometer of total resources devoted to patient care and thus may reflect treatment differentials... - Survival benefits and trends in use of adjuvant therapy among elderly stage II and III rectal cancer patients in the general populationSharon A Dobie
Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
Cancer 112:789-99. 2008..This study examined elderly stage II and III rectal cancer patients' adjuvant chemoradiation therapy adherence, trends in adherence over time, and the relation of levels of adherence to mortality... - Birth outcomes among American Indian/Alaska Native women with diabetes in pregnancyDonna L LaVallie
Departments of Pediatrics and Family Medicine, University of Washington, Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative Permanente, Seattle, Washington, USA
J Reprod Med 48:610-6. 2003..To describe perinatal outcomes and maternal characteristics among American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) women with diabetes in pregnancy... - Utilization and predictors of early repeat colonoscopy in Medicare beneficiariesCynthia W Ko
Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
Am J Gastroenterol 105:2670-9. 2010..The aims of this study were to examine the use of second colonoscopy within 1 year of an index colonoscopy, and to examine patient and provider factors associated with use of early repeat colonoscopy... - Quality of care for myocardial infarction in rural and urban hospitalsLaura Mae Baldwin
WWAMI Rural Health Research Center, Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
J Rural Health 26:51-7. 2010..Since then, overall AMI care quality has improved. This study uses more recent data to determine whether rural-urban AMI quality gaps have persisted... - The productivity of Washington State's obstetrician-gynecologist workforce: does gender make a difference?Thomas J Benedetti
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington, Box 356460, Seattle, WA 98195 6460, USA
Obstet Gynecol 103:499-505. 2004..To compare the practice productivity of female and male obstetrician-gynecologists in Washington State... - Do primary care physicians lose contact with their colorectal cancer patients?Sharon Dobie
Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195 6390, USA
J Am Board Fam Med 24:704-9. 2011..The objective of this study was to determine whether colorectal cancer (CRC) patients are less likely to see their primary care physicians after cancer diagnosis... - Ovarian cancer: patterns of surgical care across the United StatesBarbara A Goff
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Gynecol Oncol 103:383-90. 2006..To describe the primary surgical procedures and procedures for intraoperative and postoperative complications, and factors associated with these procedures, in women with ovarian cancer... - Trends in perinatal and infant health disparities between rural American Indians and Alaska natives and rural WhitesLaura Mae Baldwin
Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 4982, USA
Am J Public Health 99:638-46. 2009..We examined disparities in perinatal care, birth outcomes, and infant health between rural American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) persons and rural Whites over time... - Vignette-based study of ovarian cancer screening: do U.S. physicians report adhering to evidence-based recommendations?Laura Mae Baldwin
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195 4982, USA
Ann Intern Med 156:182-94. 2012..No professional society or group recommends routine ovarian cancer screening, yet physicians' enthusiasm for several cancer screening tests before benefit has been proven suggests that some women may be exposed to potential harms... - Predictors of comprehensive surgical treatment in patients with ovarian cancerBarbara A Goff
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195 6460, USA
Cancer 109:2031-42. 2007..In this study, the authors identified factors that were associated with a measure of comprehensive surgery, so that interventions may be targeted appropriately to improve surgical care... - Specialty differences in polyp detection, removal, and biopsy during colonoscopyCynthia W Ko
Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Am J Med 123:528-35. 2010..Colonoscopy is a technically complex procedure commonly performed to detect and remove colorectal pathology. This study examined the influence of provider characteristics on polyp detection, polyp removal, and diagnostic biopsy rates... - Influence of obstetric practice on workload and practice patterns of family physicians and obstetrician-gynecologistsGraham M Dresden
Department of Family Medicine, Kaiser Permanente Northwest, Portland, Oregon, USA
Ann Fam Med 6:S5-11. 2008.... - Nonrecommended breast and colorectal cancer screening for young women: a vignette-based surveyHajar Kadivar
Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Am J Prev Med 43:231-9. 2012..Little is known about the prevalence of physicians offering nonrecommended breast or colorectal cancer screening for young women... - Persistent demographic differences in colorectal cancer screening utilization despite Medicare reimbursementCynthia W Ko
Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Box 356424, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
BMC Gastroenterol 5:10. 2005..In addition, significant demographic differences in screening utilization exist. Insurance coverage may be one factor influencing utilization of colorectal cancer screening tests... - The contribution of longitudinal comorbidity measurements to survival analysisC Y Wang
Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Ave North, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
Med Care 47:813-21. 2009..Many clinical and health services research studies are longitudinal, raising questions about how best to use an individual's comorbidity measurements over time to predict survival... - Diagnostic imaging and biopsy use among elderly medicare beneficiaries with hepatocellular carcinomaNader N Massarweh
Departments of Surgery, Family Medicine, Health Services, Biostatistics, and the Surgical Outcomes Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA BCLC Group, Liver Unit, Hospital Clinic, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas, Institut d Investigciones Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
J Oncol Pract 7:155-60. 2011..To date, biopsy and imaging use among patients with HCC has not been evaluated in the general community... - Physician-patient colorectal cancer screening discussions by physicians' screening ratesCathleen M O'Farrell
Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 4982, USA
J Am Board Fam Med 25:771-81. 2012..To better understand this finding, we explored the relationship between the content of hypothetical patient-physician CRC screening discussions and CRC screening rates in physicians' practices... - Receipt of recommended radiation therapy among rural and urban cancer patientsLaura Mae Baldwin
WWAMI Rural Health Research Center, Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 4982, USA
Cancer 118:5100-9. 2012.... - How are symptoms of ovarian cancer managed? A study of primary care physiciansBarbara A Goff
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Cancer 117:4414-23. 2011..A study was undertaken to identify the diagnostic approaches that primary care physicians and gynecologists undertake in women with symptoms associated with ovarian cancer... - Supports and obstacles in the medical school application process for American Indians and Alaska NativesDavis G Patterson
Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA
J Health Care Poor Underserved 20:308-29. 2009..This study examines how a wide range of supports and obstacles are associated with the medical school admissions process of American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/ANs), an under-studied population... - Trends in the utilization and impact of radiofrequency ablation for hepatocellular carcinomaNader N Massarweh
Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 6410, USA
J Am Coll Surg 210:441-8. 2010..The incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is rising and radiofrequency ablation (RFA) appears to be increasingly used. The nationwide use and impact of RFA have not been well characterized... - Contraceptive methods and informed consent among women receiving medications with potential for adverse fetal effects: a Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, Idaho (WWAMI) region studyRex W Force
Department of Family Medicine, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID, USA
J Am Board Fam Med 25:661-8. 2012..This study examined whether quality improvement (QI) interventions promote informed consent and contraception to minimize risks with use of ACE-I/ARB/statins...