Regional variation in intervention rates: What are the implications for patient selection?

Journal of Public Health (United Kingdom)

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 274-280

  Black, Nick ^a   Griffiths, Joanne ^a   Glickman, Mark E ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

patient selection; Prostatectomy; rationing; regional variations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM;

BAYES THEOREM; ENGLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVALENCE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URINATION DISORDERS;

EID: 0030807750     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubmed.a024630     Document Type: Article

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