In-hospital mortality after transurethral resection of the prostate in Victorian public hospitals

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 204-208

  Ansari, M Z ^a,c   Costello, A J ^b   Ackland, M J ^a   Carson, N ^a   McDonald, I G ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b St Francis Building   (Australia)

^c Department of Human Services   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mortality; Quality of care; Routine database; TURP

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEMOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE; VICTORIA;

EID: 0034042266     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1622.2000.01787.x     Document Type: Article

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