Urban-Rural Differences in Receipt of Cancer Surgery at High-Volume Hospitals and Sensitivity to Hospital Volume Thresholds

JCO Oncol Pract. 2024 Jan;20(1):123-130. doi: 10.1200/OP.22.00851. Epub 2023 Aug 17.

Authors

Haleh Ramian¹, Zhaojun Sun¹, Jonathan Yabes², Bruce Jacobs³, Lindsay M Sabik¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA.
² Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
³ Department of Urology, Division of Health Services Research, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.

PMID: 37590899
PMCID: PMC10827295 (available on 2025-01-01)
DOI: 10.1200/OP.22.00851

Abstract

Methods for identifying high-volume hospitals affect conclusions about rural cancer care access.

MeSH terms

Hospitals, High-Volume*
Humans
Neoplasms* / epidemiology
Neoplasms* / surgery
Rural Population

Grants and funding

R01 CA244189/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States