Racial Disparities in the Surgical Management of Stress Incontinence Among Female Medicare Beneficiaries

Journal of Urology

Volumn 177, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1846-1850

  Anger, Jennifer T ^a   Rodríguez, Larissa V ^a   Wang, Qin ^b   Chen, Er ^b   Pashos, Chris L ^b   Litwin, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

continental population groups; female; prolapse; prostheses and implants; stress; urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CODING; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PELVIS SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGED; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MEDICARE; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBURETHRAL SLINGS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 34147105004     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2007.01.035     Document Type: Article

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