Using outcome data and patient satisfaction surveys to develop policies regarding minimum length of hospitalization after radical prostatectomy

Urology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 101-106

  Kirsh, Edward J ^a   Worwag, Evelina M ^a   Sinner, Michael ^a   Chodak, Gerald W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY;

EID: 0034093878     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(00)00594-X     Document Type: Article

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