Management of ureteral calculi: A cost comparison and decision making analysis

Journal of Urology

Volumn 167, Issue 4 I, 2002, Pages 1621-1629

  Lotan, Yair ^a   Gettman, Matthew T ^a   Roehrborn, Claus G ^a   Cadeddu, Jeffrey A ^a   Pearle, Margaret S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Lithotripsy; Ureter; Ureteral calculi; Ureteroscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LITHOTRIPSY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK WAVE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER STONE; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 0036130426     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5347(05)65166-x     Document Type: Article

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