The costs and benefits of physiotherapy as first-line treatment for female stress urinary incontinence

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 416-421

  Neumann, Patricia B ^a   Grimmer, Karen A ^a   Grant, Ruth E ^a   Gill, Virginia A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT CARE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS INCONTINENCE;

EID: 27544450536     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2005.tb00220.x     Document Type: Article

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