Regional clinical practice variation in urology: Usage example of the Open Data of the National Database of Health Insurance Claims and Specific Health Checkups of Japan

Int J Urol. 2019 Feb;26(2):303-305. doi: 10.1111/iju.13840. Epub 2018 Oct 25.

Authors

Toru Sugihara¹, Hideo Yasunaga², Hiroki Matsui², Jun Kamei³, Tetsuya Fujimura¹, Haruki Kume³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Urology, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan.
² Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Health Economics, School of Public Health, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
³ Department of Urology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.

PMID: 30362182
DOI: 10.1111/iju.13840

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Databases, Factual / statistics & numerical data
Datasets as Topic
Humans
Insurance Claim Review / statistics & numerical data*
Insurance, Health / statistics & numerical data*
Japan
Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / methods
Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / statistics & numerical data
Practice Patterns, Physicians' / statistics & numerical data*
Urologic Surgical Procedures / methods
Urologic Surgical Procedures / statistics & numerical data*
Urology / statistics & numerical data*