Browsing HMS Scholarly Articles by Author "Earle, Craig C."

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    • Lower Use of Hospice by Cancer Patients who Live in Minority Versus White Areas 

      Earle, Craig C.; Orav, John E.; Brawarsky, Phyllis; Neville, Bridget A.; Haas, Jennifer S.; Acevedo Garcia, Dolores; Williams, David R. (Springer-Verlag, 2007)
      Background: Although hospice care can alleviate suffering at the end of life for patients with cancer, it remains underutilized, particularly by African Americans and Hispanics. Objective: To examine whether the racial ...

    • Measuring Disease-Free Survival and Cancer Relapse Using Medicare Claims From CALGB Breast Cancer Trial Participants (Companion to 9344) 

      Lamont, Elizabeth B.; Herndon, James E.; Weeks, Jane C.; Henderson, I. Craig; Earle, Craig C.; Schilsky, Richard L.; Christakis, Nicholas A. (2006)
      To determine the accuracy with which Medicare claims data measure disease-free survival in elderly Medicare beneficiaries with cancer, we performed a criterion validation study. We merged gold-standard clinical trial data ...

    • Racial segregation and disparities in breast cancer care and mortality 

      Haas, Jennifer S.; Earle, Craig C.; Orav, John E.; Brawarsky, Phyllis; Keohane, Marie; Neville, Bridget A.; Williams, David R. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2008)
      Objectives: To examine whether residential segregation is a mediator of racial/ ethnic disparities in breast cancer care and breast cancer mortality, or has a differential effect by race/ ethnicity. Methods: Data from ...