title: Which efficiency index for urinary stones treatment?
abstract: Clinical results in urinary stones management are often reported using the stone-free (SF) rate, which is simple, reproducible and useful to compare techniques or centers. But this index does not take into account costs or patients' quality of life. In a way, SF "pursuit", which cannot be considered as a universal therapeutic goal could increase costs and decrease patients' comfort. We retrospectively reviewed files of stone management to describe costs according to several items and we emphasize the need for a true efficiency index.
authors.forename: Gauthier
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Raynal
authors.forename: Jacques
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Petit
authors.forename: Fabien
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Saint
mesh_terms: D017048:Health Care Costs; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000191:economics / Q000628:therapy*; D007902:Length of Stay; D011788:Quality of Life; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014545:Urinary Calculi / Q000191:economics / Q000628:therapy*; D052878:Urolithiasis / Q000191:economics / Q000628:therapy*