Regional variations in the utilization rate of vaginal and abdominal hysterectomies in the united kingdom

Journal of Public Health (United Kingdom)

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 400-405

  Mulholland, Clive ^a   Harding, Nancy ^b   Bradley, Suzanne ^a   Stevenson, Mike ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

abdominal; hysterectomy; utilization; vaginal

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; HYSTERECTOMY, VAGINAL; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0030469506     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubmed.a024537     Document Type: Article

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