Medicare's New Regulations for Deep Vein Thrombosis as a "Never Event": Wise or Worrisome?

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 122, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 975-976

  Sutedjo, Juwono L ^a   Ng, Roger K ^a   Piazza, Gregory ^b   Goldhaber, Samuel Z ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; FONDAPARINUX; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HOSPITAL BILLING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDICAL ASSISTANT; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICARE; META ANALYSIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MEDICARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 71249118399     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2009.04.019     Document Type: Editorial

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