Influence of surgeon and hospital volume on radical prostatectomy costs

Journal of Urology

Volumn 188, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2198-2204

  Williams, Stephen B ^a   Amarasekera, Channa A ^c   Gu, Xiangmei ^c   Lipsitz, Stuart R ^c   Nguyen, Paul L ^c   Hevelone, Nathanael D ^c   Kowalczyk, Keith J ^c   Hu, Jim C ^b  

^a ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

health expenditures; prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; COST CONTROL; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PARAMETERS; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY;

EID: 84869097785     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2012.08.012     Document Type: Article

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