ArticleJournal of community health2008
Relationship between physician supply and breast cancer survival: a geographic approach.
Article in Journal of community health, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.
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15 citing papers in PubMed.
- Geographic Access to Cancer Care and Treatment and Outcomes of Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- Gastroenterology Specialist Supply and Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer Incidence and Mortality in the U.S., 2014-2018.Gastro hep advances · 2023Article
- Geographic disparities in Saskatchewan prostate cancer incidence and its association with physician density: analysis using Bayesian models.BMC cancer · 2021Article
- Healthcare system inputs and patient-reported outcomes: a study in adults with congenital heart defect from 15 countries.BMC health services research · 2020Observational
- Rural Health Networks: How Network Analysis Can Inform Patient Care and Organizational Collaboration in a Rural Breast Cancer Screening Network.The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association · 2019Article
- Regional differences in recommended cancer treatment for the elderly.BMC health services research · 2016Article
- Regional differences in health care of patients with inflammatory bowel disease in Germany.Health economics review · 2015Article
- Association Between Geographic Access to Cancer Care, Insurance, and Receipt of Chemotherapy: Geographic Distribution of Oncologists and Travel Distance.Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology · 2015Observational
- The association between county-level surgeon density and esophageal and gastric cancer mortality.Journal of gastrointestinal cancer · 2014Article
- Associations of physician supplies with colon cancer care in Ontario and California, 1996 to 2006.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2011Article
- The supply of physicians and care for breast cancer in Ontario and California, 1998 to 2006.Canadian journal of rural medicine : the official journal of the Society of Rural Physicians of Canada = Journal canadien de la medecine rurale : le journal officiel de la Societe de medecine rurale du Canada · 2011Article
- Higher physician density is associated with lower incidence of late-stage colorectal cancer.Journal of general internal medicine · 2010Article
- Associations of physician supplies with breast cancer stage at diagnosis and survival in Ontario, 1988 to 2006.Cancer · 2009Article
- Physician supply and breast cancer survival.Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFMArticle
- Influence of primary care on breast cancer outcomes among Medicare beneficiaries.Annals of family medicineArticle
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Abstract
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women, accounting for nearly 30% of all female cancers. Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer mortality in women in the US. During the last two decades, the benefits of early detection, early intervention, and postoperative treatment have resulted in decreased breast cancer mortality in the US general population. However, the distribution of breast cancer mortality varies among geographic regions of the US. The reasons for this variation remain largely unknown. We choose to look for a possible association between the numbers of physicians in each city within the State of Florida and breast cancer survival among women aged 40+ residing in that particular city. Using Cox Proportionate Hazard Modeling, we found a direct association between the number of physicians practicing in a particular city and breast cancer survival in that particular city (P=0.0153), while controlling for other known risk factors affecting survival. To our knowledge, this is the first study to report an association between physician supply and cancer survival within defined geographic areas. This association shows as physician density consistently dropped in a defined geographic area so did time of survival among women with breast cancer.
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