The authors examined the effect of demographic and socioeconomic factors on use of preventive services (prostate-specific antigen testing, colorectal cancer screening, and influenza vaccination) among elderly men enrolled in 2 Medicare+Choice health plans.
Develops a model that predicts physicians' recommendations and postmenopausal women's decisions to participate in a clinical trial to prevent breast cancer or coronary heart disease.
Younger patient age (less than 65) is associated with a greater likelihood of returning to baseline continence, potency and physical health after radical prostatectomy.
Although great strides have been made in cancer therapy, half of all patients diagnosed with cancer will die of their disease, and just under one-third of these deaths occur within 6 months of diagnosis.
