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901.O4.8 Patterns of Care

Tuesday, December 9, 2008: 7:00 AM-9:00 AM
120-121-122-123-124-125 - North (Moscone Center)
Moderators:
Erica Campagnaro, MD and Christopher R. Flowers, MD
7:15 AM
Rates of Preventable Hospitalization for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions (ACSCs) among Patients with Lymphoid Malignancies (LM)

Jeffrey Alan Jones, MD, MPH, Joseph M Flynn, DO, MPH and John C. Byrd, MD

Division of Hematology, Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH

7:30 AM
Survival Disparities in Patients with Lymphoma According to Place of Residence and Treatment Provider: A Population-Based Study

Fausto R Loberiza Jr., MD, MS1, Anthony J Cannon2*, Dennis D Weisenburger, MD3, Julie M. Vose, MD3, Matt J. Moehr, MS2*, Martin A. Bast2*, Philip Bierman, MD2, R. Gregory Bociek, MD2 and James Olen Armitage, MD2

1University of NE Med. Ctr., Omaha, NE
2University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
3Univ. of NE Med. Ctr., Omaha, NE

7:45 AM
Does Living Closer to a Medical Care Center Matter in Sickle Cell Disease?

Jude C Jonassaint, RN1*, Charles R. Jonassaint, MA1*, Charlene M. Flahiff, MS1*, Andrea Ball, MA1*, Soheir S. Adam, M.D.2, Marilyn J Telen, MD1* and Laura M. De Castro, MD1

1Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center, Duke University, Durham, NC
2Medicine/ Hematology, UNC, Chapel Hill, NC

8:00 AM
Patterns of Treatment among Patients with Recently-Diagnosed Myelodysplastic Syndromes in a National Registry, 2006-2008

Carla M. Van Bennekom, MPH1*, Gregory Abel, MD, MPH2, Theresa Anderson, RN1*, Richard M. Stone, MD3 and David W. Kaufman, ScD1

1Slone Epidemiology Center, Boston University, Boston, MA
2Dana-Farber Cancer Inst., Boston, MA
3Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA

8:15 AM
Trends in Survival after Diagnosis with Hematologic Malignancy in Adolescence or Young Adulthood in the United States, 1981-2005

Dianne Pulte, MD1, Adam Gondos2* and Hermann Brenner2*

1VA New York Harbor Health Care System, New York, NY
2German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany

8:30 AM
Validating the Follicular Lymphoma International Prognostic Index (FLIPI) Using SEER-Medicare Claims Data

Mark Danese, MHS, PhD1*, Robert Griffiths, ScD1*, Michelle Gleeson, PhD1* and Kevin Knopf, MD2

1Outcomes Insights, Inc, Newbury Park, CA
2Pacific Hematology/Oncoloyg Assoc., San Francisco, CA

8:45 AM
Randomized Controlled Trial of Supervised Patient Self-Testing of Warfarin Therapy Using An Internet Based Expert System

Fiona Ryan, MPharm1*, Stephen Byrne, MPharm, PhD1* and Susan O'Shea, M.D, M.H.S2

1School of Pharmacy, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
2Department of Hematology, Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland

*signifies non-member of ASH