Year: 1990
Type: article
Abstract: HYPERPLASIAEpidemiologic studies of surgical practice showed that the chance of having a prostatectomy varied remarkably, depending on place of resi- dence and, by inference, on the practice styles of physicians: in some communities 10 percent of men underwent the operation by age 85, while in others the chances were in excess of 50 percent (Wennberg and Gittelsohn 1982).Our Prostate Disease Assessment Team (PDAT), comprised of an interdisciplinary group of researchers and practicing physicians (see Table 1), was formed to study the practice style-related reasons for variation in treatments of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), a condition that causes difficulty in urination for most men asResearch supported by The Hartford Foundation, The Commonwealth Fund, The Robert WoodJohnson Foundation, and grant no. 5 P01 HS06336-02 from the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research.
Source: PubMed Central
Author: J E Wennberg
Institutions: Dartmouth College, Dartmouth Health
Language: English
Subfield: Urology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W310520380