Hospital volume, utilization, costs and outcomes of robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy

Journal of Urology

Volumn 187, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1632-1638

  Yu, Hua Yin ^a   Hevelone, Nathanael D ^a   Lipsitz, Stuart R ^a   Kowalczyk, Keith J ^a   Nguyen, Paul L ^a   Hu, Jim C ^b  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

demography; hospitals; prostate; prostatectomy; robotics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ETHNICITY; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL VOLUME; HUMAN; INCOME; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; PROSTATECTOMY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK REDUCTION; ROBOT ASSISTED LAPAROSCOPIC RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTICS; SOCIAL STATUS; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; WOUND COMPLICATION;

EID: 84862801886     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2011.12.071     Document Type: Article

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