Patient outcomes and length of hospital stay after radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer: Analysis of Hospital Episodes Statistics for England

BJU International

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1040-1049

  Judge, Andrew ^a   Evans, Simon ^a,b   Gunnell, David J ^a   Albertsen, Peter C ^d   Verne, Julia ^c   Martin, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHELTENHAM GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c South West Public Health Observatory   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse outcomes; Prostate cancer; Radical prostatectomy; Surgical volume

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL WOUND; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35148853714     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2007.07118.x     Document Type: Article

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