Cost-effectiveness of new treatments for benign prostatic hyperplasia - Results of a randomized trial comparing the short-term cost-effectiveness of transurethral interstitial laser coagulation of the prostate, transurethral microwave thermotherapy and standard transurethral resection or incision of the prostate

Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 286-295

  Norby B ^a   Nielsen, H V ^a   Frimodt Moller P C ^a  

^a NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic hyperplasia; Cost; Cost effectiveness; ILC; Interstitial laser coagulation; Randomized; Transurethral microwave thermotherapy; Transurethral resection of the prostate; TUMT; TUR P

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER COAGULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TRANSURETHRAL MICROWAVE THERMOTHERAPY; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; PROBABILITY; PROSTATECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; MICROWAVES; MIDDLE AGE; PROBABILITY; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 4243630693     PISSN: 00365599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003655902320248263     Document Type: Article

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