The regionalization of radical cystectomy to specific medical centers

Journal of Urology

Volumn 174, Issue 4 I, 2005, Pages 1385-1389

  Hollenbeck, Brent K ^a,b   Taub, David A ^a   Miller, David C ^a   Dunn, Rodney L ^a   Montie, James E ^a   Wei, John T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder; Bladder neoplasms; Cystectomy; Outcome assessment (health care); Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CYSTECTOMY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONALIZATION; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 24944479949     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000173632.58991.a7     Document Type: Article

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