Fifteen-year trend in the use of male reproductive surgery: Analysis of the healthcare cost and utilization project data

BJU International

Volumn 107, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1118-1123

  Ketefian, Aline ^a   Hu, Jianfang ^b   Bartolucci, Alfred A ^b   Schlegel, Peter N ^c   Azziz, Ricardo ^a,d  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

epidemiology; male infertility; male reproductive surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM SURGERY; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953205593     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2010.09632.x     Document Type: Article

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