Utilization trends at a multidisciplinary prostate cancer clinic: Initial 5-year experience from the duke prostate center

Journal of Urology

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 103-108

  Stewart, Suzanne Biehn ^a   Baez, Lionel L ^a   Robertson, Cary N ^a   Freedland, Stephen J ^a,b   Polascik, Thomas J ^a   Xie, Donghua ^a   Koontz, Bridget F ^a   Vujaskovic, Zeljko ^a   Lee, W Robert ^a   Armstrong, Andrew J ^a   Febbo, Phillip G ^a   George, Daniel J ^a   Moul, Judd W ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

academic medical centers; ambulatory care facilities; prostate; prostatic neoplasms; utilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UROLOGY;

AGED; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 83555162521     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2011.09.040     Document Type: Article

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