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Research Studies is a compilation of published research articles funded by AHRQ or authored by AHRQ researchers.
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1 to 4 of 4 Research Studies DisplayedTakvorian SU, Oganisian A, Mamtani R
Association of Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act with insurance status, cancer stage, and timely treatment among patients with breast, colon, and lung cancer.
The effect of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion on cancer care delivery and outcomes is unknown. Patients with cancer are a high-risk group for whom treatment delays are particularly detrimental. The objective of this study was to examine the association between Medicaid expansion and changes in insurance status, stage at diagnosis, and timely treatment among patients with incident breast, colon, and non-small cell lung cancer.
AHRQ-funded; HS026116.
Citation: Takvorian SU, Oganisian A, Mamtani R .
Association of Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act with insurance status, cancer stage, and timely treatment among patients with breast, colon, and lung cancer.
JAMA Netw Open 2020 Feb 5;3(2):e1921653. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.21653.
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Keywords: Cancer: Breast Cancer, Cancer: Colorectal Cancer, Cancer: Lung Cancer, Cancer, Health Insurance, Medicaid, Policy, Health Services Research (HSR)
Emani S, Sequist TD, Lacson R
Ambulatory safety nets to reduce missed and delayed diagnoses of cancer.
An ambulatory safety net (ASN) is an innovative organizational intervention for addressing patient safety related to missed and delayed diagnoses of abnormal test results. ASNs consist of a set of tools, reports and registries, and associated work flows to create a high-reliability system for abnormal test result management. In this paper, two ASNs implemented at an academic medical center are described, one focusing on colon cancer and the other on lung cancer.
AHRQ-funded; HS024722.
Citation: Emani S, Sequist TD, Lacson R .
Ambulatory safety nets to reduce missed and delayed diagnoses of cancer.
Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 2019 Aug;45(8):552-57. doi: 10.1016/j.jcjq.2019.05.010.
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Keywords: Cancer, Diagnostic Safety and Quality, Cancer: Lung Cancer, Cancer: Colorectal Cancer, Ambulatory Care and Surgery
Roydhouse JK, Gutman R, Keating NL
Differences between proxy and patient assessments of cancer care experiences and quality ratings.
This study assessed the impact of proxy survey responses on cancer care experience reports and quality ratings. Adjusted proxy scores were modestly higher for medical care experiences but lower for nursing care and care coordination experiences. There were no significant differences between adjusted patient and proxy ratings of quality.
AHRQ-funded; HS000011.
Citation: Roydhouse JK, Gutman R, Keating NL .
Differences between proxy and patient assessments of cancer care experiences and quality ratings.
Health Serv Res 2018 Apr;53(2):919-43. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.12672.
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Keywords: Cancer, Cancer: Colorectal Cancer, Cancer: Lung Cancer, Quality of Care, Patient Experience
Murphy DR, Wu L, Thomas EJ
Electronic trigger-based intervention to reduce delays in diagnostic evaluation for cancer: a cluster randomized controlled trial.
The researchers tested whether prospective use of electronic health record-based trigger algorithms to identify patients at risk of diagnostic delays could prevent delays in diagnostic evaluation for cancer. They found that electronic trigger-based interventions seem to be effective in reducing time to diagnostic evaluation of colorectal and prostate cancer as well as improving the proportion of patients who receive follow-up.
AHRQ-funded; HS017820.
Citation: Murphy DR, Wu L, Thomas EJ .
Electronic trigger-based intervention to reduce delays in diagnostic evaluation for cancer: a cluster randomized controlled trial.
J Clin Oncol 2015 Nov 1;33(31):3560-7. doi: 10.1200/jco.2015.61.1301..
Keywords: Cancer: Colorectal Cancer, Cancer: Lung Cancer, Cancer: Prostate Cancer, Diagnostic Safety and Quality, Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Health Information Technology (HIT)