The impact of surgical experience on total hospital charges for minimally invasive prostatectomy: A population-based study

BJU International

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 888-893

  Budäus, Lars ^a,b   Abdollah, Firas ^b,c   Sun, Maxine ^b   Johal, Rupinder ^b   Morgan, Monica ^b   Thuret, Rodolphe ^b   Zorn, Kevin C ^b   Lughezzani, Giovanni ^b,c   Isbarn, Hendrik ^a   Haese, Alexander ^a   Shariat, Shahrokh F ^d   Montorsi, Francesco ^c   Perrotte, Paul ^b   Graefen, Markus ^a   Karakiewicz, Pierre I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

minimally invasive radical prostatectomy; outcome volume relationship; surgical volume; total hospital charges

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; SURGEON; SURGICAL EXPERIENCE; SURGICAL VOLUME; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FLORIDA; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; UROLOGY; WORKLOAD;

EID: 80052079083     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2010.09906.x     Document Type: Article

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