Lower extremity angioplasty: Impact of practitioner specialty and volume on practice patterns and healthcare resource utilization

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1320-1325

  Vogel, Todd R ^a   Dombrovskiy, Viktor Y ^a   Carson, Jeffrey L ^a   Haser, Paul B ^a   Graham, Alan M ^a  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CLAUDICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; LENGTH OF STAY; LOWER EXTREMITY ANGIOPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PAIN; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PHARMACY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; CARDIOLOGY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COST SAVINGS; DATABASES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; LENGTH OF STAY; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW JERSEY; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SELECTION; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70649103853     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.07.112     Document Type: Article

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