What determines the choice of procedure in stress incontinence surgery? The use of multilevel modeling

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 431-445

  Griffiths, Joanne M ^a   Black, Nicholas A ^a   Pope, Catherine ^a   Stanley, Jenny ^a   Bowling, Ann ^a   Abel, Paul D ^b  

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

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0031662473     PISSN: 02664623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266462300011417     Document Type: Article

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