The association between diffusion of the surgical robot and radical prostatectomy rates

Medical Care

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 333-339

  Makarov, Danil V ^a,b,c,d,h   Yu, James B ^a   Desai, Rani A ^a,e,f   Penson, David F ^g   Gross, Cary P ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^g VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical technology; Prostate cancer; Radical prostatectomy; Regional variation; Robotic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; HOSPITAL PURCHASING; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79954582143     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e318202adb9     Document Type: Article

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