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Urologic Disorders

Journal Article
Implications of Accumulated Cold Time for US Kidney Transplantation Offer Acceptance
Reducing discard is important for the US transplantation system because nearly 20% of the deceased donor kidneys are discarded. We use logistic regression that includes cold ischemia time, Kidney Donor Risk Index, and other covariates selected from literature.
Mar 22, 2023
Journal Article
Partially Different? The Importance of General Equilibrium in Health Economic Evaluations: An Application to Nocturia
The main findings of this study highlight the magnitude of general equilibrium effects when assessing the potential productivity costs associated with health conditions.
Nov 29, 2022
Report
Managing Urinary Incontinence for Women in Primary Care: Environmental Scan (Base Year)
The authors of this report present an environmental scan of studies that assess the dissemination and implementation of nonsurgical urinary incontinence treatments for women in primary care.
Oct 20, 2022
Journal Article
Clinicians' Perceptions of Collaborative Palliative Care Delivery in Chronic Kidney Disease
In interviews with clinicians, they expressed barriers to delivering chronic kidney disease care. To address barriers, clinicians outlined intervention points, such as building models, and structural triggers to identify patients who may be appropriate for palliative care.
Jun 1, 2022
Journal Article
Association of Scheduled vs Emergency-Only Dialysis With Health Outcomes and Costs in Undocumented Immigrants With End-stage Renal Disease
This article examines the association of scheduled vs emergency-only hemodialysis with health care outcomes and costs in undocumented immigrants with end-stage renal disease.
Nov 17, 2020
Journal Article
Assessing the Burden of Nocturia in the Workplace: The Associations Between Nocturnal Voiding, Subjective Well-Being, Work Engagement and Productivity
Using large-scale international workplace survey data, this study assessed the burden of nocturia in the workplace by investigating associations between nocturia and subjective well-being, work engagement and productivity.
Jun 5, 2020
Journal Article
Patient Functional Status at Transplant and Its Impact on Posttransplant Survival of Adult Deceased-donor Kidney Recipients
Insights from the survival analyses recommend possible inclusion of functional status into Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients' risk-adjusted models.
Aug 21, 2019
Commentary
Waking Up to the Costs of Nocturia
Nocturia is a troublesome lower urinary tract condition that causes people to wake up two or more times a night to empty their bladder. Researchers calculated the overall economic cost associated with nocturia in a working-age population across six countries.
Jun 18, 2019
Report
How frequent night-time bathroom visits can negatively impact sleep, well-being and productivity: Examining the associations between nocturia, well-being and economic outcomes in a working-age population
Nocturia, a urinary tract condition causing numerous night-time bathroom visits, can have negative impacts on sleep, wellbeing and productivity. Our results show a set of associations between nocturia and a range of conditions, outcomes and factors.
Mar 11, 2019
News Release
Expanding Specialist Care and Enhanced Coordination for Chronic Kidney Disease Can Improve Outcomes, Lower Costs
Providing specialized medical care and coordination to patients whose kidneys are failing before they need dialysis treatment could save the U.S. health care system more than $1 billion annually.
Oct 2, 2018
Journal Article
High-Price And Low-Price Physician Practices Do Not Differ Significantly On Care Quality Or Efficiency
Higher-priced providers do not necessarily provide higher-quality care.
Jun 6, 2017
Journal Article
Cost Analysis of Treatments for Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction
Minimally invasive pyeloplasty should be considered the standard treatment for ureteropelvic junction obstruction, a common urologic condition.
Mar 14, 2017
Journal Article
Resident and Facility Factors Associated with the Incidence of Urinary Tract Infections Identified in the Nursing Home Minimum Data Set
This research examined resident and facility-specific factors associated with a diagnosis of a urinary tract infection (UTI) in the nursing home setting.
Mar 16, 2016
Journal Article
Annual Incidence of Nephrolithiasis Among Children and Adults in South Carolina from 1997 to 2012
This study examined temporal trends in the annual incidence and cumulative risk of nephrolithiasis among children and adults living in South Carolina over a 16-year period.
Jan 28, 2016
Journal Article
Quality of Acute Care for Patients with Urinary Stones in the United States
We performed a cross-sectional analysis of visits recorded by the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (ED component) in 2007-2010.
Sep 14, 2015
Journal Article
Urological Surveillance and Medical Complications After Spinal Cord Injury in the United States
Urological complications are common in SCI who receive Medicare. Most of these patients with SCI are not receiving even the minimum recommended surveillance for these urological complications.
Jul 15, 2015
Journal Article
Urological Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome Flares and Their Impact: Qualitative Analysis in the MAPP Network
The authors conducted eight focus groups of female UCPPS (interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome) patients at four sites from the MAPP Research Network to explore the full spectrum of flares and their impact on patients' lives.
Apr 7, 2015
Journal Article
Treatment and Survival in Patients with Recurrent High-Risk Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer
Multiple recurrences develop in patients with high-risk non–muscle-invasive bladder cancer.
Jan 9, 2015
Journal Article
Use of and Regional Variation in Initial CT Imaging for Kidney Stones
We sought to determine the prevalence of initial computed tomography (CT) utilization and to identify regions in the United States where CT is highly used as the first imaging study for children with nephrolithiasis.
Nov 1, 2014
Journal Article
Daily Mean Temperature and Clinical Kidney Stone Presentation in Five U. S. Metropolitan Areas: A Time-Series Analysis
Our objective was to estimate associations between mean daily temperature and kidney stone presentation according to lag time and temperatures.
Oct 1, 2014

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