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In recent decades, the fastest growth in lumbar surgery occurred in older patients with spinal stenosis. Trials indicate that for selected patients, decompressive surgery offers an advantage… (More)
- Joan M. Teno, Pedro L. Gozalo, +6 authors Vincent Mor
- JAMA
- 2013
IMPORTANCE
A recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report found that more persons die at home. This has been cited as evidence that persons dying in the United States are using more… (More)
- Leighton Chan, L. Gary Hart, David C Goodman
- The Journal of rural health : official journal of…
- 2006
CONTEXT
Patients in rural areas may use less medical care than those living in urban areas. This could be due to differences in travel distance and time and a utilization of a different mix of… (More)
- David C Goodman, Stephen S Farnsworth Mick, +5 authors Henry J Carretta
- Health services research
- 2003
OBJECTIVE
To develop and characterize utilization-based service areas for the United States which reflect the travel of Medicare beneficiaries to primary care clinicians.
DATA SOURCE/STUDY SETTING… (More)
- Tracy Onega, Eric J Duell, Xun Shi, Dongmei Wang, Eugene Demidenko, David C Goodman
- Cancer
- 2008
BACKGROUND
Although access to cancer care is known to influence patient outcomes, to the authors' knowledge, little is known regarding geographic access to cancer care, and how it may vary by… (More)
- Nancy Morden, Chiang-hua Chang, +4 authors David C Goodman
- Health affairs
- 2012
Studies have shown that cancer care near the end of life is more aggressive than many patients prefer. Using a cohort of deceased Medicare beneficiaries with poor-prognosis cancer, meaning that they… (More)
- David C Goodman, Elliott S. Fisher, Thérèse A. Stukel, Chun Hyuk Chang
- American journal of public health
- 1997
OBJECTIVES
This study examined the influence that distance from residence to the nearest hospital had on the likelihood of hospitalization and mortality.
METHODS
Hospitalizations were studied for… (More)
- Philip P. Goodney, Lori L Travis, +4 authors David Healy Stone
- Circulation
- 2011
BACKGROUND
The goal of this study was to describe short- and long-term survival of patients with descending thoracic aortic aneurysms (TAAs) after open and endovascular repair (TEVAR).
METHODS AND… (More)
- Josephine A. Bell, Brian Y C Leung, +4 authors Anna Tosteson
- The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American…
- 2011
BACKGROUND
the treatment of proximal humeral fractures in the elderly remains controversial. Options include nonoperative treatment, open reduction with internal fixation (ORIF), and… (More)
- Laura-Mae Baldwin, Yong Cai, +5 authors L. Gary Hart
- The Journal of rural health : official journal of…
- 2008
CONTEXT
Cancer care requires specialty surgical and medical resources that are less likely to be found in rural areas.
PURPOSE
To examine the travel patterns and distances of rural and urban… (More)