... of even asymptomatic kidney stones. Besides the effects on individual patients with increased risk for complications, this results in a higher monetary burden to the health care system and society. Urolithiasis Endourology Epidemiology Public health Urolithiasis is a very common disease...

... Patient-centered care Person-centered medicine Public health Decision-making While research on doctor-patient interaction has often focused on the decision-making abilities of physicians, it rarely centers around the question of how patients choose their respective practitioners [1, 2...