The Association of Established Primary Care with Postoperative Outcomes Among Medicare Patients with Digestive Tract Cancer
Most Medicare beneficiaries with digestive tract cancer had established PC within the year before their surgery. Established PC was associated with a higher probability of achieving ideal outcomes and lower costs. In contrast, patients with more than 10 PC appointments, which was likely a surrogate of overall comorbidity burden, experienced no improvement in postoperative outcomes.
Authors
- Muhammad Musaab Munir (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1513-2001)
- Mujtaba Khalil (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8461-2677)
- Timothy Michael Pawlik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7994-9870)
- Erryk Katayama (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2206-8124)
- Selamawit Woldesenbet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5023-3561)
- Razeen Thammachack
- Diamantis I. Tsilimigras
Institutions
- The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (US)
- The Ohio State University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Annals of Surgical Oncology
- Published
- 2024-08-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-024-16042-w
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.70