An exploration of screening practices for prostate cancer and the associated community expenditure

British Journal of Urology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 524-529

  Perkins, J J ^a,c   Sanson Fisher, R W ^a   Clarke, S J ^a,b   Youman, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NEWCASTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic Men; Costs; Prostate cancer; Screening

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICARE; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RECTUM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYMPTOM; TELEPHONE; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; URINARY RETENTION;

EID: 0031721338     PISSN: 00071331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.1998.00808.x     Document Type: Article

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