2021
Access to Urologic Care at Urgent Care Centers
Hsiang WR, Yousman L, Kim D, Cavallo JA, Kenney PA, Motamedinia P, Breyer B, Leapman MS. Access to Urologic Care at Urgent Care Centers. Urology 2021, 156: 124-128. PMID: 34181971, DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2021.06.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUrgent care centersUrologic careCare centerCommercial insuranceMultivariable logistic regression analysisPrimary study endpointCross-sectional studyFacility-level characteristicsLogistic regression analysisMedicaid expansion statesLogistic regression modelsState Medicaid expansionsStudy endpointMedicaid insuranceCommercial patientsEmergency departmentReferral ratesPatient insuranceMedicaid patientsUrologic conditionsUrologic emergencyGreater oddsPatientsTriage ratesClinical setting
2018
Variation in National Opioid Prescribing Patterns Following Surgery for Kidney Stones
Leapman MS, DeRycke E, Skanderson M, Becker WC, Makarov DV, Gross CP, Driscoll M, Motamedinia P, Bathulapalli H, Mattocks K, Brandt CA, Haskell S, Bastian LA. Variation in National Opioid Prescribing Patterns Following Surgery for Kidney Stones. Pain Medicine 2018, 19: s12-s18. PMID: 30203013, DOI: 10.1093/pm/pny125.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPost-traumatic stress disorderWomen Veterans Cohort StudyOpioid prescribingOpioid prescriptionsSurgical treatmentKidney stonesSignificant public health problemOpioid Prescribing PatternsPostoperative opioid prescribingDiagnosis of PTSDPublic health problemExtracorporeal shockwave lithotripsyOpioid dosingPostoperative painPrescribing patternsCohort studyDose prescribedMedian ageSurgery typeMultivariable analysisOpioid misuseSurgical interventionMedian numberPercutaneous nephrolithotomyMultivariable regression