Comparative analysis of hospital costs of open and endovascular thoracic aortic repair

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-45

  Arnaoutakis, George J ^a   Hundt, John A ^a   Shah, Ashish S ^a   Cameron, Duke E ^a   Black III, James H ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

aortic aneurysm; endovascular; health economics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING AORTA; ENDOLEAK; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN THORACIC AORTIC REPLACEMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; THORACIC AORTA SURGERY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BALTIMORE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650819599     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1538574410380471     Document Type: Article

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