Carotid endarterectomy among medicare beneficiaries: A statewide evaluation of appropriateness and outcome

Stroke

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 46-52

  Karp, Herbert R ^a,c   Flanders, W D ^a,b   Shipp, Clanton C ^a   Taylor, Brenda ^a   Martin, Debra ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Georgia Medical Care Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Appropriateness review carotid artery disease; Community hospitals; Endarterectomy; Outcome; Physicians practice patterns; Retrospective chart review; Utilization review

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0031963838     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.29.1.46     Document Type: Article

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