Variations in the Costs of Radical Cystectomy for Bladder Cancer in the USA

European Urology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 374-382

  Leow, Jeffrey J ^a,b   Cole, Alexander P ^a   Seisen, Thomas ^a   Bellmunt, Joaquim ^c   Mossanen, Matthew ^a   Menon, Mani ^d   Preston, Mark A ^a,c   Choueiri, Toni K ^c   Kibel, Adam S ^a,c   Chung, Benjamin I ^e   Sun, Maxine ^a   Chang, Steven L ^a,c   Trinh, Quoc Dien ^a,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder cancer; Centralization; Cost variations; Costs; Radical cystectomy; Volume

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CAUCASIAN; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH INSURANCE; HIGH VOLUME HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LOW VOLUME HOSPITAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MARRIED PERSON; MEDICAID; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MEDICARE; MORBIDITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPEN SURGERY; PELVIS LYMPHADENECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; RACE; ROBOT ASSISTED SURGERY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SINGLE (MARITAL STATUS); SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

EID: 85027225650     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: 18737560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2017.07.016     Document Type: Article

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