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Leslie K Ballas,Elena B Elkin,Deborah Schrag,Bruce D Minsky,Peter B Bach,

PURPOSE: About half of all cancer patients in the United States receive radiation therapy as a part of their cancer treatment. Little is known, however, about the facilities that currently deliver external beam radiation. Our goal was to construct a comprehensive database of all radiation therapy facilities in the United States that can be used for future health services research in radiation oncology. METHODS AND MATERIALS: From each state's health department we obtained a list of all facilities that have a linear accelerator or provide radiation therapy. We merged these state lists with information from the American Hospital Association (AHA), as well as 2 organizations that audit the accuracy of radiation machines: the Radiologic Physics Center (RPC) and the Radiation Dosimetry Services (RDS). The comprehensive database included all unique facilities listed in 1 or more of the 4 sources. RESULTS: We identified 2,246 radiation therapy facilities operating in the United States as of 2004-2005. Of these, 448 (20%) facilities were identified through state health department records alone and were not listed in any other data source. CONCLUSIONS: Determining the location of the 2,246 radiation facilities in the United States is a first step in providing important information to radiation oncologists and policymakers concerned with access to radiation therapy services, the distribution of health care resources, and the quality of cancer care.

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LK Ballas,EB Elkin,D Schrag,BD Minsky,PB Bach,

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PUBLICATION TYPE: Research Support, U.S. Gov't,

Journal: International journal of radiation oncology, biolo

VOLUME: 66

Page Numbers: 1204-11

Journal Abbreviation: Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. P

ISSN: 0360-3016

DAY: 15

MONTH: Nov

YEAR: 2006

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LANGUAGE: eng

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KEYWORDS: United States

MESH TERMS: epidemiology

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AFFILIATION: The Health Outcomes Research Group, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA.

Country: United States

AGENCY: United States AHRQ

GRANT: F32 1 F32HS015773-01

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MEDLINETA: Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys

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