The cost-effectiveness of preoperative testing (basic office assessment vs urodynamics) for stress urinary incontinence in women

BJU International

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 356-363

  Weber, A M ^a   Taylor, R J ^b   Wei, J T ^c   Lemack, G ^d   Piedmonte, M R ^e   Walters, M D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^e LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness analysis; Stress urinary incontinence; Urodynamics

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DETRUSOR DYSSYNERGIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URODYNAMICS;

AGED; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION TREES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 0036223048     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-4096.2001.01687.x     Document Type: Article

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