plenary speaker: k visvanathan - bc health summit 2012: variation in clinical practice
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Let’s get it together!
Exploring variation in clinical practice
Kishore Visvanathan, MD FRCSC
Clinical Professor, University of Saskatchewan
Division Head, Urology, Saskatoon Health Region
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TURP for enlarged prostate
• 9.5 per 1,000 males– Idaho Falls, Idaho
• 1.7 per 1,000 Medicare beneficiaries– Terre Haute, Indiana
Surgery for prostate cancer
• 3.8 per 1,000 men over 65– San Luis Obispo, California
• 0.3 per 1,000 men over 65– Albany, Georgia
More than 12X different!
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