Thomas N Chirikos
Biographic Data
| ID | 1726798 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas N Chirikos |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas N |
| FAMILY NAME | Chirikos |
| SIGNATURE | CHIRIKOS T N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Florida |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Resource Disparities in Treating Persons With Disabilities for Four Common Cancers: An Exploratory Analysis
This study explored whether cumulative Medicare outlays on breast, colorectal, lung, and prostate cancer treatment differ between persons with versus without disabilities. The authors used linked Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results—Medicare data to compute reimbursements between cancer cases originally entitled to Medicare because of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and those receiving Old Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) bene…
Impact of Clinical Trials on the Cost of Cancer Care
BACKGROUND: Empirical evidence on the economic impact of cancer clinical trials is in short supply, but it is widely assumed that clinical trials add at least 10% to overall costs. OBJECTIVES: To estimate how much, if at all, trial enrollment increases the use of scarce resources in treating breast, lung, lymphoma, and ovarian cancer patients. RESEARCH DESIGN: A profile of the cumulative charges for all inpatient and outpatient hospital care rece…
An Analysis of Compositional Trends in Social Security Disability Insurance Awards, 1960-1991
This paper analyzes historical trends in the demographic and health-related characteristics of disabled worker beneficiaries of the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program since 1960. Descriptive trend data show SSDI awards are increasingly made not only to younger persons, but also to persons with health impairments that at any age typically require longer durations of program entitlement. As a result, the expected number of years a …
Economics, medicine and health care
Quality competition in local hospital markets: Some econometric evidence from the period 1982-1988
Measuring Hospital Competition
This paper appraises the use of the Herfindahl market share index as an exogenous competition variable in empirical studies of the hospital sector. An analysis of cross-sectional Florida data shows that this index itself is significantly influenced by the demand and supply factors commonly included in econometric models of hospital performance. The analysis then illustrates that biased inferences about the effects of market competition on the cos…
Work Capacity of Older Men and Age-Eligibility for Medicare Benefits
Whether the functional capacities of older Americans enable them to remain in the work force longer, is a significant consideration in appraising proposals to advance the normal eligibility age for Medicare benefits. This article analyzes the durations of work capability and work disablement of a representative panel of 5000 white and black men in their sixties and early seventies. The analysis shows that these men and succeeding cohorts of men a…
Socioeconomic determinants of continuing functional disablement from chronic disease episodes
Further Evidence on the Economic Effects of Poor Health
Economics, medicine and health care
Resource Disparities in Treating Persons With Disabilities for Four Common Cancers: An Exploratory Analysis
This study explored whether cumulative Medicare outlays on breast, colorectal, lung, and prostate cancer treatment differ between persons with versus without disabilities. The authors used linked Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results—Medicare data to compute reimbursements between cancer cases originally entitled to Medicare because of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and those receiving Old Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) bene…
Quality competition in local hospital markets: Some econometric evidence from the period 1982-1988
Socioeconomic determinants of continuing functional disablement from chronic disease episodes
Further Evidence on the Economic Effects of Poor Health
Socioeconomic determinants of continuing functional disablement from chronic disease episodes
Measuring Hospital Competition
This paper appraises the use of the Herfindahl market share index as an exogenous competition variable in empirical studies of the hospital sector. An analysis of cross-sectional Florida data shows that this index itself is significantly influenced by the demand and supply factors commonly included in econometric models of hospital performance. The analysis then illustrates that biased inferences about the effects of market competition on the cos…
Work Capacity of Older Men and Age-Eligibility for Medicare Benefits
Whether the functional capacities of older Americans enable them to remain in the work force longer, is a significant consideration in appraising proposals to advance the normal eligibility age for Medicare benefits. This article analyzes the durations of work capability and work disablement of a representative panel of 5000 white and black men in their sixties and early seventies. The analysis shows that these men and succeeding cohorts of men a…
Quality competition in local hospital markets: Some econometric evidence from the period 1982-1988
Economics, medicine and health care
An Analysis of Compositional Trends in Social Security Disability Insurance Awards, 1960-1991
This paper analyzes historical trends in the demographic and health-related characteristics of disabled worker beneficiaries of the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program since 1960. Descriptive trend data show SSDI awards are increasingly made not only to younger persons, but also to persons with health impairments that at any age typically require longer durations of program entitlement. As a result, the expected number of years a …
Impact of Clinical Trials on the Cost of Cancer Care
BACKGROUND: Empirical evidence on the economic impact of cancer clinical trials is in short supply, but it is widely assumed that clinical trials add at least 10% to overall costs. OBJECTIVES: To estimate how much, if at all, trial enrollment increases the use of scarce resources in treating breast, lung, lymphoma, and ovarian cancer patients. RESEARCH DESIGN: A profile of the cumulative charges for all inpatient and outpatient hospital care rece…
Resource Disparities in Treating Persons With Disabilities for Four Common Cancers: An Exploratory Analysis
This study explored whether cumulative Medicare outlays on breast, colorectal, lung, and prostate cancer treatment differ between persons with versus without disabilities. The authors used linked Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results—Medicare data to compute reimbursements between cancer cases originally entitled to Medicare because of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and those receiving Old Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) bene…
Economics (6 works) · Global Health Care Issues (6 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Gerontology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Demographic economics (3 works) · Demography (3 works) · Internal Medicine (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Retirement, Disability, and Employment (3 works)