Use of ureteroscopy before and after expansion of lithotripter ownership in Michigan

Urology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1287-1291

  Tan, Hung Jui ^a   Wolf Jr , J Stuart ^a   Hollenbeck, Brent K ^a   Ye, Zaojun ^a   Hollingsworth, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; URETEROSCOPY; UROLOGY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LITHOTRIPSY; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; OWNERSHIP; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 82955233079     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2011.05.070     Document Type: Article

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