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Original Research

What Factors Determine the Patients’ Choice in Finding Their Office Urologist?

Athanasios Zachariou1 Department of Urology, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece;2 Department of Urology, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Centre Eu Prattein, Volos, GreeceCorrespondence[email protected]
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Fotios Dimitriadis3 Department of Urology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, GreeceORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1198-9144View further author information
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Vaios Papadimitriou4 Department of Urology, Private Practice, Lamia, GreeceView further author information
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Petros Tsafrakidis5 Department of Urology, Mediterranean Hospital of Cyprus, Limassol, CyprusView further author information
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Stefan M Haensel6 Department of Urology, Franciscus Hospital, Rotterdam, The NetherlandsView further author information
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Charalampos Mamoulakis7 Department of Urology, Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion, GreeceORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8662-1275View further author information
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Helmut Haas8 EAU Section of Outpatient and Office Urology, Heppenheim, GermanyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2133-9372View further author information
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Pages 2837-2843 | Published online: 17 Dec 2021

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