County-Level Variation in Utilization of Surgical Resection for Early-Stage Hepatopancreatic Cancer Among Medicare Beneficiaries in the USA.

Rittal MehtaDiamantis I TsilimigrasAnghela Z ParedesMadison HyerMary DillhoffJordan M CloydAslam EjazAllan TsungTimothy M Pawlik

Published in: Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (2020)

Area-level variations among patients undergoing surgery for early-stage HP cancer were mainly due to differences in structural measures and county-level factors. Policies targeting high-poverty counties and improvement in structural measures may reduce variations in utilization of surgery among patients diagnosed with early-stage HP cancer.

Keyphrases

early stage
papillary thyroid
patients undergoing
minimally invasive
squamous cell
coronary artery bypass
lymph node metastasis
squamous cell carcinoma
healthcare
drug delivery
cancer therapy
percutaneous coronary intervention