Rural hospitals face a higher burden of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm and are more likely to transfer patients for emergent repair

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 212, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1061-1067

  Maybury, Rubie Sue ^a   Chang, David C ^b   Freischlag, Julie A ^c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL HEALTH CARE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT TRANSFER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 79957621500     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2011.02.021     Document Type: Article

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