Patient driven care in the management of prostate cancer: analysis of the United States military healthcare system

Patient driven care in the management of prostate cancer: analysis of the United States military healthcare system

Abstract Background Patient preferences are assumed to impact healthcare resource utilization, especially treatment options. There is limited data exploring this phenomenon. We sought to identify factors associated with patients transferring care for prostatectomy, from military to civilian faciliti...

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Main Authors: Muhammad Ali Chaudhary, Jeffrey J. Leow, Matthew Mossanen, Ritam Chowdhury, Wei Jiang, Peter A. Learn, Joel S. Weissman, Steven L. Chang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-07-01
Series:BMC Urology
Subjects:
TRICARE
Robotic surgery
Prostatectomy
Patient preference
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12894-017-0247-x

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