Hospital characteristics and use of innovative surgical therapies among patients with kidney cancer

Medical Care

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 372-379

  Miller, David C ^a   Daignault, Stephanie ^b   Wolf, J Stuart ^b   Hafez, Khaled S ^b   Kieran, Kathleen ^b   Dunn, Rodney L ^b   Hollenbeck, Brent K ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c University of Michigan ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Hospitals; Kidney cancer; Surgery; Technology adoption

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY TUMOR; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; STATISTICS;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY;

EID: 41149164096     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31816099a7     Document Type: Article

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