Checking on the rates of surgical procedures in Germany by telephone surveys in four selected regions;Untersuchung zu operationshaufigkeiten in Deutschland durch telefonbefragung in vier ausgewahlten stadten

Gesundheitswesen

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 365-370

  Weitkunat, Rolf ^a   Sangha, O ^b   Crispin, A ^a   Ohmann, C ^c   Wildner, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Bayerischer Forschungsverbund Public Health Öffentliche Gesundheit   (Germany)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Health services research; Small area variation; Surgical rates

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GERMANY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TELEPHONE; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS; SURGERY; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0033861323     PISSN: 09413790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2000-12589     Document Type: Article

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