Surgery for Parkinson disease in the United States, 1996 to 2000: Practice patterns, short-term outcomes, and hospital charges in a nationwide sample

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 863-871

  Eskandar, Emad N ^a   Flaherty, Alice ^a   Cosgrove, G Rees ^a   Shinobu, Leslie A ^a   Barker II, Fred G ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Hospital case volume; Outcome; Pallidotomy; Parkinson disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PALLIDOTOMY; PARKINSON DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLE; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THALAMOTOMY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0142182637     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2003.99.5.0863     Document Type: Article

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