Urologist practice styles in the initial evaluation of elderly men with benign prostatic hyperplasia

Urology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 535-540

  Strope, Seth A ^a   Elliott, Sean P ^b   Smith, Alex ^c   Wei, John T ^d   Wilt, Timothy J ^e   Saigal, Christopher S ^f  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UROLOGY;

AGED; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, UROLOGICAL; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; UNITED STATES; UROLOGY;

EID: 79952364491     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2010.07.485     Document Type: Article

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