Benign prostatic hyperplasia: Cost and effectiveness of three alternative surgical treatment methods used in a Turkish hospital

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 487-492

  Agirbas, Ismail ^a   Tatar, Mehtap ^b   Kisa, Adnan ^c  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic hyperplasia; Cost effectiveness; Laser prostatectomy; Open prostatectomy; TURP

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SURGERY; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

AGED; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; TURKEY;

EID: 23944491718     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-005-6105-5     Document Type: Article

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