Correlates of referral practices of general surgeons to plastic surgeons for mastectomy reconstruction The ideas and opinions expressed herein are those of the author, and no endorsement by the State of California, Department of Health Services is intended or should be inferred.
dc.contributor.author | Alderman, Amy K. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Hawley, Sarah T. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Waljee, Jennifer F. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Morrow, Monica | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Katz, Steven J. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2007-09-20T18:24:03Z | |
dc.date.available | 2008-09-08T14:25:13Z | en_US |
dc.date.issued | 2007-05-01 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Alderman, Amy K.; Hawley, Sarah T.; Waljee, Jennifer; Morrow, Monica; Katz, Steven J. (2007)."Correlates of referral practices of general surgeons to plastic surgeons for mastectomy reconstruction The ideas and opinions expressed herein are those of the author, and no endorsement by the State of California, Department of Health Services is intended or should be inferred. ." Cancer 109(9): 1715-1720. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/55990> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0008-543X | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1097-0142 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/55990 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=retrieve&db=pubmed&list_uids=17387715&dopt=citation | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | BACKGROUND. General surgeons' attitudes toward breast reconstruction may affect referrals to plastic surgeons. The propensity to refer to plastic surgeons prior to surgical treatment decisions for breast cancer varies markedly across general surgeons and is associated with receipt of reconstruction. In this study, the authors used data from a large physician survey to examine factors associated with general surgeons' propensity to refer breast cancer patients to plastic surgeons prior to mastectomy. METHODS. The authors surveyed all attending general surgeons (N = 456 surgeons) from a population-based sample of breast cancer patients who were diagnosed in Detroit and Los Angeles during 2002 (N = 1844 patients), with a surgeon response rate of 80%. The dependent variable was surgeon report of the percentage of their mastectomy patients in the past 2 years who they referred to plastic surgeons prior to initial surgery (referral propensity). Referral propensity was collapsed into 3 categories (<25%, 25–75%, and >75%) and regressed on the following covariates using logistic regression: Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results registry; number of years in clinical practice; surgeons' sex; annual breast surgery volume; and hospital setting. RESULTS. Only 24% of surgeons referred >75% of their patients to plastic surgeons prior to surgery (high referral propensity). High referral propensity was associated independently with surgeons who were women (odds ratio [OR], 2.3; P = .03), high clinical breast surgery volume (OR, 4.1; P < .01), and working in cancer centers (OR, 2.4; P = .01). High-referral surgeons and low-referral surgeons also had different beliefs about women's preferences for reconstruction, with the low-referral surgeons perceiving more access barriers (cost, availability of plastic surgeons) and a lower patient priority for reconstruction. CONCLUSIONS. A large proportion of surgeons do not refer breast cancer patients to plastic surgery at the time of surgical decision-making. Surgeons who have a high referral propensity are more likely to be women, to have a high clinical breast volume, and to work in cancer centers. These data support the importance of comanagement through multidisciplinary care models. Women need more opportunities to discuss reconstructive options to make informed surgical treatment decisions about their breast cancer. Cancer 2007. © 2007 American Cancer Society. | en_US |
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dc.publisher | Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Life and Medical Sciences | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Cancer Research, Oncology and Pathology | en_US |
dc.title | Correlates of referral practices of general surgeons to plastic surgeons for mastectomy reconstruction The ideas and opinions expressed herein are those of the author, and no endorsement by the State of California, Department of Health Services is intended or should be inferred. | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.rights.robots | IndexNoFollow | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Oncology and Hematology | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Public Health | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Health Sciences | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Section of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, the University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan ; Veterans Affairs Center for Practice Management and Outcomes Research, Ann Arbor Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Ann Arbor, Michigan ; Fax: (734) 763-5354 ; Section of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, 2130 Taubman Center, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0340 | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Veterans Affairs Center for Practice Management and Outcomes Research, Ann Arbor Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Ann Arbor, Michigan ; Division of General Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, the University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program and Department of Surgery, the University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Veterans Affairs Center for Practice Management and Outcomes Research, Ann Arbor Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Ann Arbor, Michigan ; Division of General Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, the University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Department of Surgical Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | en_US |
dc.identifier.pmid | 17387715 | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/55990/1/22598_ftp.pdf | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cncr.22598 | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Cancer | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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