The effect of the approach to radical prostatectomy on the profitability of hospitals and surgeons

BJU International

Volumn 105, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1531-1535

  Lotan, Yair ^a   Bolenz, Christian ^a   Gupta, Amit ^a   Hotze, Timothy ^a   Ho, Richard ^a   Cadeddu, Jeffrey A ^a   Roehrborn, Claus G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Insurance; Profits; Prostatectomy; Robotics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PROFIT; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; REIMBURSEMENT; ROBOTICS; UROLOGY;

HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTICS; TEXAS; UROLOGY;

EID: 77952161468     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2009.08996.x     Document Type: Article

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