Assessment of Patient Attribution to Care From Medical Oncologists, Surgeons, or Radiation Oncologists After Newly Diagnosed Cancer

JAMA Netw Open. 2021 May 3;4(5):e218055. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.8055.

Abstract

This cohort study uses data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results–Medicare Linked Database to assess the attribution of patients with newly diagnosed lung, breast, colorectal, or prostate cancer to care from multidisciplinary specialists—medical oncologists, surgeons, or radiation oncologists—within 6 months after diagnosis.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Algorithms
  • Cohort Studies
  • Female
  • Health Services for the Aged
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Medicare
  • Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Oncologists
  • Practice Patterns, Physicians'*
  • Radiation Oncologists
  • SEER Program
  • Surgeons
  • United States