2024
Changes in Facility Share of Medicaid-insured Patients With Urologic Cancers Following Implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Demkowicz P, Buck M, Nie J, Marks V, Wheeler S, Dinan M, Gross C, Leapman M. Changes in Facility Share of Medicaid-insured Patients With Urologic Cancers Following Implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Urology 2024, 192: 19-27. PMID: 38901803, DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2024.06.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFacility-level changesAffordable Care ActNon-expansion statesUrological cancer patientsProportion of patientsExpansion statesBaseline proportion of patientsUrologic cancer careHigh-income zip codesCancer patientsFactors associated with changesPre-post designCancer care centerPost-ACA periodMedicaid expansion statesMultivariate logistic regressionMedicaid-insured patientsCancer careUrological cancersZip codesCare ActMedicaid patientsMedicaidLogistic regressionCare center
2021
Characteristics of Online Crowdfunding Campaigns for Urological Cancers in the United States
Holler J, Hakam N, Nabavizadeh B, Sadighian M, Shibley W, Li K, Weiser L, Rios N, Enriquez A, Leapman M, Amend G, Breyer B. Characteristics of Online Crowdfunding Campaigns for Urological Cancers in the United States. Urology Practice 2021, 9: 56-63. PMID: 37145560, DOI: 10.1097/upj.0000000000000275.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchUrological cancersActive treatmentCancer campaignsMajor urological cancersPrimary cancer typeCross-sectional studyWilcoxon rank sum testRank sum testRecipient ageMultivariable analysisPatient populationTesticular malignancyMalignancy typeTesticular cancerKidney cancerMedical careCancerCancer typesMedical expensesFinancial burdenOutcomesBladderKruskal-WallisProstateAge
2019
Associations of rurality and disease outcomes in urologic malignancies.
Abello A, Casilla-Lennon M, Kenney P, Leapman M. Associations of rurality and disease outcomes in urologic malignancies. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2019, 37: 661-661. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2019.37.7_suppl.661.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCancer-specific deathAssociation of ruralityUrologic malignanciesKidney cancerPoor cancer-specific survivalCox proportional hazards modelRural statusRural countiesCancer-specific survivalEnd Results (SEER) databaseProportional hazards modelPopulation-level dataDefinitive treatmentRural patientsGenitourinary malignanciesTestis cancerUrologic cancersWorse outcomesCancer incidenceDisease PDisease outcomeUrological cancersMultivariable regressionWhite raceOutcome data