A large 15 - year database analysis on the influence of age, gender, race, obesity and income on hospitalization rates due to stone disease

ABSTRACT Purpose: To assess the public hospitalization rate due to stone disease in a large developing nation for a 15-year period and its association with socio-demographic data. Materials and Methods: A retrospective database analysis of hospitalization rates in the Brazilian public health syste...

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Main Authors: Marcos F. Mello, Giovanni Scala Marchini, Cesar Câmara, Alexandre Danilovic, Renata Levy, José Eluf-Neto, Miguel Srougi, Eduardo Mazzucchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Urologia
Series:International Brazilian Journal of Urology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1677-55382016000601150&lng=en&tlng=en