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Variations in Guideline-Concordant Breast Cancer Adjuvant Therapy in Rural Georgia.


ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine factors associated with guideline-concordant adjuvant therapy among breast cancer patients in a rural region of the United States and to present an advancement in quality-of-care assessment in the context of multiple treatments.

Data sources

Chart abstraction on initial therapy received by 868 women diagnosed with primary, invasive, early-stage breast cancer in a largely rural region of southwest Georgia.

Study design

Using multivariable logistic regression, we examined predictors of adjuvant chemo-, radiation, and hormonal therapy regimens defined as guideline-concordant according to the 2000 National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference Statement.

Principal findings

Overall, 35.2 percent of women received guideline-concordant care for all three adjuvant therapies. Higher socioeconomic status was associated with receiving guideline-concordant care for all three adjuvant therapies jointly, and for chemotherapy. Compared with private insurance, having Medicaid was associated with guideline-concordant chemotherapy. Unmarried women were more likely to be nonconcordant for chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Increased age predicted nonconcordance for adjuvant therapies jointly, for chemotherapy, and for hormonal therapy.

Conclusions

A number of factors were independently associated with receiving guideline-concordant adjuvant therapy. Identifying and addressing factors that lead to nonconcordance may reduce disparities in treatment and survival.

SUBMITTER: Guy GP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4545348 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Variations in Guideline-Concordant Breast Cancer Adjuvant Therapy in Rural Georgia.

Guy Gery P GP   Lipscomb Joseph J   Gillespie Theresa W TW   Goodman Michael M   Richardson Lisa C LC   Ward Kevin C KC  

Health services research 20141210 4


<h4>Objective</h4>To examine factors associated with guideline-concordant adjuvant therapy among breast cancer patients in a rural region of the United States and to present an advancement in quality-of-care assessment in the context of multiple treatments.<h4>Data sources</h4>Chart abstraction on initial therapy received by 868 women diagnosed with primary, invasive, early-stage breast cancer in a largely rural region of southwest Georgia.<h4>Study design</h4>Using multivariable logistic regres  ...[more]

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