Reimbursement of long-term postplacement costs after endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1390-1395

  Kim, Jason K ^a   Tonnessen, Britt H ^a   Noll Jr , Robert E ^a   Money, Samuel R ^b   Sternbergh III, W Charles ^a  

^a OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DESCENDING AORTA SURGERY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ANGIOSCOPY; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; COST SAVINGS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57949087241     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.07.064     Document Type: Article

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