Immediate surgical outcomes for radical prostatectomy in the University HealthSystem Consortium Clinical Data Base: The impact of hospital case volume, hospital size and geographical region on 48 000 patients

BJU International

Volumn 104, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1442-1445

  Mitchell, Robert E ^a   Lee, Byron T ^a   Cookson, Michael S ^a   Barocas, Daniel A ^a   Herrell, S Duke ^a   Clark, Peter E ^a   Smith Jr , Joseph A ^a   Chang, Sam S ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Outcomes; Radical prostatectomy; Surgical volume

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME VARIABLE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRATIFICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGED; DATABASES AS TOPIC; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 72349092354     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2009.08794.x     Document Type: Article

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