Effects of a shared protocol between urologists and general practitioners on referral patterns and initial diagnostic management of men with lower urinary tract symptoms in Italy: The Prostate Destination study

BJU International

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 563-570

  Spatafora, Sebastiano ^a,b   Canepa, Giorgio ^g   Migliari, Roberto ^c   Rotondo, Salvatore ^d   Mandressi, Alberto ^e   Puppo, Paolo ^f  

^a S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b GALLIERA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Ospedale San Donate   (Italy)

^d Azienda Ospedaliera Papardo   (Italy)

^e Azienda Ospedaliera Busto Arsizio   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Cost analysis; Diagnosis; LUT5; Referral; Shared care protocol; Urological diseases

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL PROSTATE SCORING SYSTEM; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE DISEASE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; TRAINING; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; URETHRA DISEASE; URINE CULTURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; URINATION DISORDERS; UROLOGY; UROLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL;

EID: 14644435853     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2005.05340.x     Document Type: Article

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