Understanding prostate cancer spending growth among medicare beneficiaries

Urology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 326-331

  Zhang, Yun ^a   Skolarus, Ted A ^a,b   Miller, David C ^a,b   Wei, John T ^a,b   Hollenbeck, Brent K ^a,b  

^a Dow Division of Health Services Research   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN DEPRIVATION THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79551580860     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2010.09.025     Document Type: Article

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