Impact of caseload on total hospital charges: A direct comparison between minimally invasive and open radical prostatectomya population based study

Journal of Urology

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 855-861

  Abdollah, Firas ^a,b   Budus, Lars ^a,c   Sun, Maxine ^a   Morgan, Monica ^a   Johal, Rupinder ^a   Thuret, Rodolphe ^a   Zorn, Kevin C ^a   Isbarn, Hendrik ^c   Haese, Alexander ^c   Jeldres, Claudio ^a   Perrotte, Paul ^a   Montorsi, Francesco ^b   Graefen, Markus ^c   Karakiewicz, Pierre I ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

hospital charges; minimally invasive; prostate; prostatectomy; prostatic neoplasms; surgical procedures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMORBIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OPEN RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; RACE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATECTOMY;

EID: 79851514165     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2010.10.051     Document Type: Article

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