Urologist ownership of ambulatory surgery centers and urinary stone surgery use

Health Services Research

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1370-1384

  Hollingsworth, John M ^b   Ye, Zaojun ^c   Strope, Seth A ^a   Krein, Sarah L ^c   Hollenbeck, Ann T ^d   Hollenbeck, Brent K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Biostatistician ^*  (United States)

^d Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory surgery center; Ownership; Physicians practice patterns; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARKET; NEPHROSTOMY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN INCOME; SURGICAL PATIENT; ULTRASONIC LITHOTRIPSY; UNITED STATES; URETER STENT; URETEROSCOPY; UROLITHIASIS; WORKLOAD;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OWNERSHIP; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; URINARY CALCULI; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; UROLOGY;

EID: 68249158096     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2009.00966.x     Document Type: Article

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