Comparative effectiveness and efficiency in peripheral vascular surgery

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 201, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 363-368

  Fry, Donald E ^a,b,c   Pine, Michael ^a,d   Jones, Barbara L ^a   Meimban, Roger J ^a  

^a Michael Pine and Associates   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse outcomes; Carotid endarterectomy; Comparative Effectiveness; Risk adjustment

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA SURGERY; AORTOFEMORAL BYPASS; ARTICLE; BYPASS SURGERY; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR GRAFTING; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 79952171962     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2010.08.025     Document Type: Article

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