Establishment of a urological surgery quality collaborative

Journal of Urology

Volumn 184, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2485-2490

  Miller, David C ^a,b   Murtagh, Daniel S ^c   Suh, Ronald S ^d   Knapp, Peter M ^d   Dunn, Rodney L ^a   Montie, James E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Genito Urinary Surgeons   (United States)

^d Indiana Urology Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care evaluation mechanisms; Peer review health care; Prostatic neoplasms; Urology

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SURGEON; UROLOGIC SURGERY; UROLOGICAL SURGERY QUALITY COLLABORATIVE; UROLOGY;

GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; UROLOGY;

EID: 78349308939     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2010.08.015     Document Type: Article

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