Discharge Practice Patterns Following Cystectomy for Bladder Cancer: Evidence for the Shifting of the Burden of Care

Journal of Urology

Volumn 176, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2612-2618

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

bladder; bladder neoplasms; cystectomy; outcome and process assessment (health care); patient discharge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITIES AND SERVICES; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY;

AFTERCARE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; UNITED STATES; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33750515436     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2006.07.150     Document Type: Article

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