Physician supply, treatment, and amputation rates for peripheral arterial disease

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 81-87

  Ho, Vivian ^a,b   Wirthlin, Douglas ^c   Yun, Huifeng ^d   Allison, Jeroan ^e  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Intermountain Health Care ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^e University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; BYPASS SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICARE; PERIPHERAL ISCHEMIA; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; REVASCULARIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGEON; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; AMPUTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICARE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PHYSICIANS; RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL; SURGERY;

EID: 22044457198     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2005.03.023     Document Type: Article

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