Understanding differences between high and low volume hospitals for radical prostatectomy

Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 260-265

  Siu, Wendy ^a   Daignault, Stephanie ^a   Miller, David C ^a   Dunn, Rodney L ^a   Gilbert, Scott ^a   Weizer, Alon Z ^a   Ye, Zaojun ^a   Hollenbeck, Brent K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Outcomes; Prostate cancer; Volume

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY;

AGED; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42949093214     PISSN: 10781439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2007.04.001     Document Type: Article

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