Changes in the use of carotid revascularization among the medicare population

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 170-173

  Goodney, Philip P ^a   Lucas, F Lee ^c   Likosky, Donald S ^b   Malenka, David J ^a,b   Fisher, Elliott S ^b,d  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^c MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVASCULARIZATION; STENT;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID STENOSIS; COHORT STUDIES; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MEDICARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; STENTS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 39549117566     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2007.43     Document Type: Article

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