Evaluative care guideline compliance is associated with provision of benign prostatic hyperplasia surgery

Urology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 84-89

  Strope, Seth A ^a   Wei, John T ^b   Smith, Alexandria ^c   Wilt, Timothy J ^d   Saigal, Christopher S ^e   Elliott, Sean P ^f  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY;

AGED; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MALE; UROLOGY;

EID: 84862984625     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2012.03.011     Document Type: Article

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