Work Relative Value Units Generated by Pediatric Urologists

Urology Practice

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-6

  Kogan, Barry A ^a   Ritchey, Michael ^b   Feustel, Paul ^a  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Pediatrics; Professional practice; Urology; Workload

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD UROLOGY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; MALPRACTICE; OPERATING ROOM; PHYSICIAN; URODYNAMICS; UROLOGIST; WORKLOAD; WORKLOAD RELATIVE VALUE UNIT;

EID: 84949677244     PISSN: 23520779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urpr.2015.05.010     Document Type: Article

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