Obstructive sleep apnea surgery practice patterns in the United States: 2000 to 2006

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 441-447

  Kezirian, Eric J ^a   Maselli, Judy ^a   Vittinghoff, Eric ^a   Goldberg, Andrew N ^a   Auerbach, Andrew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX; MEDICAID; OUTPATIENT; PALATOPLASTY; RURAL AREA; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; JAW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL SURGERY; PALATE; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; HYPOPHARYNX; JAW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PALATE; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955950033     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2010.05.009     Document Type: Article

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