Assessing the public's preference for surgical treatment of primary basal cell carcinoma: A discrete-choice experiment in the South of the Netherlands

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1950-1955

  Essers, Brigitte A B ^a   Dirksen, Carmen D ^a   Prins, Martin H ^a   Neumann, H A Martino ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROGRAPHIC SURGERY; MICROSURGERY; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENCE RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOHS SURGERY; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NETHERLANDS; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REOPERATION; RISK; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; TRAVEL; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 78650019491     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2010.01805.x     Document Type: Article

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