Health services research in endocrine surgery

Current Opinion in Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-51

  Roman, Sanziana ^a,b   Boudourakis, Leon ^a   Sosa, Julie A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Endocrine Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenalectomy; Cost effectiveness; Endocrine pancreas surgery; Parathyroidectomy; Surgical outcomes; Thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL DISEASE; ADRENALECTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENDOCRINE SURGERY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INTERNET; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREAS RESECTION; PARATHYROID DISEASE; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY; THYROID CANCER; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ENDOCRINE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DISEASES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PARATHYROID NEOPLASMS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 36549036300     PISSN: 10408746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCO.0b013e3282f46d4b     Document Type: Review

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