According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), inflation-adjusted US
health care spending grew 3.9% in 2017, exceeding the US economic growth rate. 1 US …

Methods: A scoping review of the empirical literature was conducted according to the five-
step York framework. We identified indicators of performance, categorized them in four …

Importance Active surveillance in men with less aggressive prostate cancer is inconsistently
used despite clinical guidelines. Renumeration generally favors treatment over conservative …

Introduction Contemporary guidelines recommend cystectomy with neoadjuvant or adjuvant
cisplatin-based chemotherapy given with curative intent for patients with resectable muscle …

Health care spending and health outcomes vary markedly across countries and even across
regions within the United States. 1, 2 This inevitably raises questions about whether higher …

Objective To examine the effect of urologist participation in value‐based payment models on
the initial management of men with newly diagnosed prostate cancer. Methods Medicare …

Objective To examine the effect of urology practice market competition on use of treatment in
men with newly diagnosed prostate cancer. Methods We performed a retrospective national …

Background Deciding whether to treat or conservatively manage patients with prostate
cancer is challenging. Recent changes in guidelines, advances in treatment technologies …

PURPOSE: Accountable care organizations (ACOs) are a delivery and payment model
designed to encourage integrated, high-value care. We designed a study to test the …

BACKGROUND Accountable care organizations (ACOs) have been shown to reduce
prostate cancer treatment among men unlikely to benefit because of competing risks (ie …