Comparison of costs of staged versus simultaneous lower extremity arterial hybrid procedures

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 196, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 634-640

  Ebaugh, James L ^a,b   Gagnon, David ^c,d   Owens, Christopher D ^a,b   Conte, Michael S ^b   Raffetto, Joseph D ^a,b  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Healthcare costs; Hybrid; Lower extremity bypass; Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and stent; Utilization; Vascular surgery

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPLASTY; AORTOFEMORAL BYPASS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDARTERECTOMY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR MODELS; LOWER EXTREMITY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 54049098024     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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