Health care resource use for uterine fibroid tumors in the United States

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 195, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 955-964

  Flynn, Michael ^a   Jamison, Margaret ^b   Datta, Santanu ^c,d   Myers, Evan ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost; Leiomyoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNITED STATES; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33748779351     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2006.02.020     Document Type: Article

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