Karla Kerlikowske
Biographic Data
| ID | 5534329 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Karla Kerlikowske |
| GIVEN NAMES | Karla |
| FAMILY NAME | Kerlikowske |
| SIGNATURE | KERLIKOWSKE K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, San Francisco |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8793-8779 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Breast MRI in the Diagnostic and Preoperative Workup Among Medicare Beneficiaries With Breast Cancer
PURPOSE: We compared the frequency and sequence of breast imaging and biopsy use for the diagnostic and preoperative workup of breast cancer according to breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) use among older women. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Using SEER-Medicare data from 2004 to 2010, we identified women with and without breast MRI as part of their diagnostic and preoperative breast cancer workup and measured the number and sequence of breast imagi…
Validation of a Medicare Claims-based Algorithm for Identifying Breast Cancers Detected at Screening Mammography
BACKGROUND: The breast cancer detection rate is a benchmark measure of screening mammography quality, but its computation requires linkage of mammography interpretive performance information with cancer incidence data. A Medicare claims-based measure of detected breast cancers could simplify measurement of this benchmark and facilitate mammography quality assessment and research. OBJECTIVES: To validate a claims-based algorithm that can identify …
Timeliness of Abnormal Screening and Diagnostic Mammography Follow-up at Facilities Serving Vulnerable Women
BACKGROUND: Whether timeliness of follow-up after abnormal mammography differs at facilities serving vulnerable populations, such as women with limited education or income, in rural areas, and racial/ethnic minorities is unknown. METHODS: We examined receipt of diagnostic evaluation after abnormal mammography using 1998-2006 Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium-linked Medicare claims. We compared whether time to recommended breast imaging or bio…
Facility Characteristics do not Explain Higher False-positive Rates in Diagnostic Mammography at Facilities Serving Vulnerable Women
BACKGROUND: Facilities serving vulnerable women have higher false-positive rates for diagnostic mammography than facilities serving nonvulnerable women. False positives lead to anxiety, unnecessary biopsies, and higher costs. OBJECTIVE: Examine whether availability of on-site breast ultrasound or biopsy services, academic medical center affiliation, or profit status explains differences in false-positive rates. DESIGN: We examined 78,733 diagnost…
Language Barriers, Location of Care, and Delays in Follow-up of Abnormal Mammograms
BACKGROUND: Breast cancer is frequently diagnosed after an abnormal mammography result. Language barriers can complicate communication of those results. OBJECTIVES: We evaluated the association of non-English language with delay in follow-up. METHODS: Retrospective cohort study of women at 3 mammography facilities participating in the San Francisco Mammography Registry with an abnormal mammogram result from 1997 to 2008. We measured median time f…
Accuracy of Diagnostic Mammography at Facilities Serving Vulnerable Women
BACKGROUND: Breast cancer missed on diagnostic mammography may contribute to delayed diagnoses, whereas false-positive results may lead to unnecessary invasive procedures. Whether accuracy of diagnostic mammography at facilities serving vulnerable women differs from other facilities is unknown. OBJECTIVE: To compare the interpretive performance of diagnostic mammography at facilities serving vulnerable women to those serving nonvulnerable women. …
An Assessment of the Quality of Mammography Care at Facilities Treating Medically Vulnerable Populations
BACKGROUND: Women in medically vulnerable populations, including racial and ethnic minorities, socioeconomically disadvantaged, and residents of rural areas, experience higher breast cancer mortality than do others. Whether mammography facilities that treat vulnerable women demonstrate lower quality of care than other facilities is unknown. OBJECTIVES: To assess the quality of mammography women receive at facilities characterized as serving a hig…
Trends in Colonoscopy for Colorectal Cancer Screening
BACKGROUND: A major health priority is to increase colorectal cancer screening, and colonoscopy has become an increasingly important method of screening. The Medicare program began coverage for colonoscopy for average risk individuals in 2001. OBJECTIVES: We sought to examine whether overall colorectal cancer screening increased over time and whether these increases were a result of increased utilization of all methods or a result of greater use …
Can Medicare Billing Claims Data Be Used to Assess Mammography Utilization Among Women Ages 65 and Older
BACKGROUND: Medicare data may be a useful source for determining the utilization of mammography among elderly women, but the accuracy of these data has not been established. OBJECTIVE: We determined whether Medicare physician billing claims are an accurate reflection of mammography utilization among women ages 65 and older and whether they can be used to assess the use of screening as compared with diagnostic mammography. DATA SOURCES: Mammograph…
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Can Medicare Billing Claims Data Be Used to Assess Mammography Utilization Among Women Ages 65 and Older
BACKGROUND: Medicare data may be a useful source for determining the utilization of mammography among elderly women, but the accuracy of these data has not been established. OBJECTIVE: We determined whether Medicare physician billing claims are an accurate reflection of mammography utilization among women ages 65 and older and whether they can be used to assess the use of screening as compared with diagnostic mammography. DATA SOURCES: Mammograph…
Trends in Colonoscopy for Colorectal Cancer Screening
BACKGROUND: A major health priority is to increase colorectal cancer screening, and colonoscopy has become an increasingly important method of screening. The Medicare program began coverage for colonoscopy for average risk individuals in 2001. OBJECTIVES: We sought to examine whether overall colorectal cancer screening increased over time and whether these increases were a result of increased utilization of all methods or a result of greater use …
An Assessment of the Quality of Mammography Care at Facilities Treating Medically Vulnerable Populations
BACKGROUND: Women in medically vulnerable populations, including racial and ethnic minorities, socioeconomically disadvantaged, and residents of rural areas, experience higher breast cancer mortality than do others. Whether mammography facilities that treat vulnerable women demonstrate lower quality of care than other facilities is unknown. OBJECTIVES: To assess the quality of mammography women receive at facilities characterized as serving a hig…
Accuracy of Diagnostic Mammography at Facilities Serving Vulnerable Women
BACKGROUND: Breast cancer missed on diagnostic mammography may contribute to delayed diagnoses, whereas false-positive results may lead to unnecessary invasive procedures. Whether accuracy of diagnostic mammography at facilities serving vulnerable women differs from other facilities is unknown. OBJECTIVE: To compare the interpretive performance of diagnostic mammography at facilities serving vulnerable women to those serving nonvulnerable women. …
Facility Characteristics do not Explain Higher False-positive Rates in Diagnostic Mammography at Facilities Serving Vulnerable Women
BACKGROUND: Facilities serving vulnerable women have higher false-positive rates for diagnostic mammography than facilities serving nonvulnerable women. False positives lead to anxiety, unnecessary biopsies, and higher costs. OBJECTIVE: Examine whether availability of on-site breast ultrasound or biopsy services, academic medical center affiliation, or profit status explains differences in false-positive rates. DESIGN: We examined 78,733 diagnost…
Language Barriers, Location of Care, and Delays in Follow-up of Abnormal Mammograms
BACKGROUND: Breast cancer is frequently diagnosed after an abnormal mammography result. Language barriers can complicate communication of those results. OBJECTIVES: We evaluated the association of non-English language with delay in follow-up. METHODS: Retrospective cohort study of women at 3 mammography facilities participating in the San Francisco Mammography Registry with an abnormal mammogram result from 1997 to 2008. We measured median time f…
Timeliness of Abnormal Screening and Diagnostic Mammography Follow-up at Facilities Serving Vulnerable Women
BACKGROUND: Whether timeliness of follow-up after abnormal mammography differs at facilities serving vulnerable populations, such as women with limited education or income, in rural areas, and racial/ethnic minorities is unknown. METHODS: We examined receipt of diagnostic evaluation after abnormal mammography using 1998-2006 Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium-linked Medicare claims. We compared whether time to recommended breast imaging or bio…
Breast MRI in the Diagnostic and Preoperative Workup Among Medicare Beneficiaries With Breast Cancer
PURPOSE: We compared the frequency and sequence of breast imaging and biopsy use for the diagnostic and preoperative workup of breast cancer according to breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) use among older women. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Using SEER-Medicare data from 2004 to 2010, we identified women with and without breast MRI as part of their diagnostic and preoperative breast cancer workup and measured the number and sequence of breast imagi…
Validation of a Medicare Claims-based Algorithm for Identifying Breast Cancers Detected at Screening Mammography
BACKGROUND: The breast cancer detection rate is a benchmark measure of screening mammography quality, but its computation requires linkage of mammography interpretive performance information with cancer incidence data. A Medicare claims-based measure of detected breast cancers could simplify measurement of this benchmark and facilitate mammography quality assessment and research. OBJECTIVES: To validate a claims-based algorithm that can identify …
Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (9 works) · Medicine (9 works) · Cancer (8 works) · Internal Medicine (8 works) · Internal Medicine (8 works) · Breast cancer (7 works) · Digital Radiography and Breast Imaging (7 works) · Mammography (7 works) · Confidence interval (5 works) · Demography (5 works)