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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
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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
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Long-term Microvascular Disease Outcomes in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes After Bariatric Surgery: Evidence for the Legacy Effect of Surgery

Patients whose type 2 diabetes went into remission after bariatric surgery experienced a 29 percent reduction in risk of microvascular disease incidence for up to seven years after surgery.

Jul 28, 2016
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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The Impact of Unplanned Postprocedure Visits in the Management of Patients with Urinary Stones

Patients not infrequently experience an unplanned, high-acuity visit after low-risk procedures to remove urinary stones, and the cost of these encounters is substantial. Interventions are indicated to identify and reduce preventable unplanned visits.

May 1, 2014
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Adverse Health Outcomes Associated with Surgical Management of the Small Renal Mass

Partial nephrectomy and radical nephrectomy may lead to adverse health outcomes.

Feb 1, 2014
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Comparative Effectiveness of Shock Wave Lithotripsy and Ureteroscopy for Treating Patients with Kidney Stones

Among privately insured beneficiaries requiring procedural intervention to remove a symptomatic stone, repeat intervention is more likely following shock wave lithotripsy (SWL).

Jan 1, 2014
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Development and Evaluation of the CAHPS (Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems) Survey for In-Center Hemodialysis Patients

This study provides support for the reliability and validity of the CAHPS In-Center Hemodialysis Survey for assessing patient experiences of care at dialysis facilities.

Jan 1, 2014
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Consequences of Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Symptoms on Women's Work Participation and Income: Results from a National Household Sample

We describe differences in work participation and income by bladder symptom impact and comorbidities among women with interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome.

Jan 1, 2014
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Utilization of Renal Mass Biopsy in Patients with Renal Cell Carcinoma

At present, most patients who eventually undergo radical or partial nephrectomy do not undergo RMB, whereas most patients who eventually undergo ablation or systemic therapy do. The optimal use of RMB in the evaluation of kidney tumors has yet to be determined.

Jan 1, 2014
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The Impact of a Large-Scale Power Outage on Hemodialysis Center Operations

Comprehensive emergency planning for dialysis centers should include provisions for having backup generators on site, having plans in place for the timely delivery of a generator during a power outage, or having predesignated backup dialysis centers for patients to receive dialysis during emergencies.

Sep 13, 2013
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Health-related Quality of Life in Patients with Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome and Frequently Associated Comorbidities

In patients with IC/BPS, the presence of FM, CFS, and IBS has a significant association with HRQOL, equivalent in impact to the bladder symptoms themselves.

Sep 1, 2013
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The Accuracy of Diagnostic Coding for Acute Kidney Injury in England: A Single Centre Study

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is an independent risk factor for mortality and is responsible for a significant burden of healthcare expenditure, so accurate measurement of its incidence is important.

Mar 1, 2013
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Disparities in the Utilization of Live Donor Renal Transplantation

The authors sought to determine whether adults who realize access to kidney transplantation suffer inequities in the utilization of live donor renal transplantation.

Dec 31, 2008
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Chronic Kidney Disease in the United States: A Public Policy Imperative

Major systemic barriers continue to limit the implementation of new evidence-based therapies to slow, stop, or reverse the progression of chronic kidney disease to ESRD at the level of the nephrology practice.

Dec 31, 2007
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Kidney Cancer

Increasing trends in the incidence of and costs associated with kidney cancer have been apparent for more than 10 years.

Dec 31, 2006

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