Vahakn B. Shahinian

TL;DR: US patients receiving HD with an AVF appear to have a survival advantage over PD patients after 90 days of dialysis initiation after accounting for patient characteristics, and these findings have implications in the choice of initial dialysis modality and vascular access for patients.

TL;DR: In this paper, a cross-sectional ecological study at the state level using data from State Inpatient Databases and U.S. Renal Data System was conducted to investigate whether state-level variations in renal recovery among incident end-stage renal disease patients correlated with state level variations in incidence of acute kidney injury requiring dialysis (AKI-D).

TL;DR: In this article, clinical and nonclinical factors associated with the first-line treatment for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) in a national delivery system were evaluated.

TL;DR: There was a substantial increase in the percentage of long-term dialysis beneficiaries aligned to an Accountable Care Organization from 2012 to 2016 and in adjusted models, Accountable care Organization alignment was associated with modest cost savings among long- term dialysis beneficiary with care by a primary care physician.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors characterized shifts in urologist membership from smaller, independent groups to larger, multispecialty or hospital-owned practices, which coincides with higher utilization of observation and surgical treatment for prostate cancer.