Urologic manpower issues for the 21st century: Assessing the impact of changing population demographics

Urology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 335-342

  Weiner, David M ^b   McDaniel, Ron ^b   Lowe, Franklin C ^a  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MEDICARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE DISEASE; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; SURGEON; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

AGE FACTORS; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICARE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; UNITED STATES; UROLOGY;

EID: 0030936238     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(96)00492-X     Document Type: Article

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