Shifts in surgical revascularization and valve procedures among medicare beneficiaries

Medical Care

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 686-692

  Hockenberry, Jason ^a,b   Lu, Xin ^c   Vaughan Sarrazin, Mary S ^b,c   Snyder, Stephen ^d   Peterson, Eric ^e   Cram, Peter ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Veterans Administration   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CABG; cardiology; cardiothoracic surgery; PCI; valve repair; valve replacement

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA SURGERY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEART DISEASE; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; MEDICARE; MITRAL VALVE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; VALVULOPLASTY;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEDICARE; MITRAL VALVE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 79961031570     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31822046d7     Document Type: Article

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