Inpatient management of patients with skin cancer in Germany: An analysis of the nationwide DRG-statistic 2005-2006

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 161, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2009, Pages 99-106

  Stang, A ^a   Stausberg, J ^b  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germany; Hospitalisations; Melanoma; Nonmelanoma skin cancer; Population based

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PATIENT CARE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKIN CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349339061     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2009.09457.x     Document Type: Article

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