Clinical and cost-effectiveness of a new nurse-led continence service: A randomised controlled trial

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 55, Issue 518, 2005, Pages 696-703

  Williams, Kate S ^a   Assassa, R Phil ^b   Cooper, Nicola J ^d   Turner, David A ^d   Shaw, Christine ^d   Abrams, Keith R ^d   Mayne, Christopher ^c   Jagger, Carol ^d   Matthews, Ruth ^d   Clarke, Michael ^d   McGrother, Catherine W ^d   Azam, Usman ^a   Dallosso, Helen ^a   Donaldson, Madeleine ^a   Harris, Lesley ^a   Hayward, Tom ^a   Lucas, Jennie ^a   Marsh, Peter ^a   Matharu, Gurminder ^a   Mensah, Fiona ^a   Perry, Sarah ^a   Sanders, Chris ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MID YORKSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Costs and cost analysis; Randomised controlled trials; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; NURSE; NURSING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PELVIC FLOOR; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 24344455526     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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