Insurance status predicts access to care and outcomes of vascular disease

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Giacovelli, Jeannine K ^a,b,c   Egorova, Natalia ^b   Nowygrod, Roman ^a   Gelijns, Annetine ^b   Kent, K Craig ^a   Morrissey, Nicholas J ^a  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID REVASCULARIZATION; CLAUDICATION; DATA BASE; DESCENDING AORTA SURGERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LEG ISCHEMIA; LEG REVASCULARIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; STROKE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 55349129933     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.05.010     Document Type: Article

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