High Surgical Volume, High Quality, and Low Costs: A Perfect Combination. Is it Always Possible in Patients who need Radical Prostatectomy?

European Urology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-19

  Brausi, Maurizio ^a  

^a AUSL Modena   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

CONTINUING EDUCATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 33744909072     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2006.03.004     Document Type: Editorial

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