High costs of urinary incontinence among women electing surgery to treat stress incontinence

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 899-907

  Subak, Leslee L ^a   Brubaker, Linda ^b   Chai, Toby C ^b   Creasman, Jennifer M ^b   Diokno, Ananias C ^b   Goode, Patricia S ^b   Kraus, Stephen R ^b   Kusek, John W ^b   Leng, Wendy W ^b   Lukacz, Emily S ^b   Norton, Peggy ^b   Tennstedt, Sharon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; STRESS INCONTINENCE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADULT; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; UNITED STATES; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 41649086296     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e31816a1e12     Document Type: Article

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