Identifying patterns of breast cancer care provided at high-volume hospitals: a classification and regression tree analysis

• Published in: Breast cancer research and treatment Vol. 153; no. 3; pp. 689 - 698
• Main Authors: Kong, Amanda L., Pezzin, Liliana E., Nattinger, Ann B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.10.2015; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Analysis; Breast cancer; Breast Neoplasms - diagnosis; Breast Neoplasms - epidemiology; Breast Neoplasms - therapy; Cancer patients; Cancer research; Cancer therapies; Delivery of Health Care; Disease Management; Epidemiology; Female; Health care delivery; Hospitals; Hospitals, High-Volume; Humans; Incidence; Medicare; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Oncology; Patient Care; Practice Patterns, Physicians; Public Health Surveillance; Registries; Regression Analysis; Surveys; United States - epidemiology; United States; Breast; Hospital; Processes; Volume; Cancer

There is a growing body of literature linking hospital volume to outcomes in breast cancer. However, the mechanism through which volume influences outcome is poorly understood. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between hospital volume of breast cancer cases and patterns of pr...