Operator experience and carotid stenting outcomes in medicare beneficiaries

JAMA

Volumn 306, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1338-1343

  Nallamothu, Brahmajee K ^a,b   Gurm, Hitinder S ^a   Ting, Henry H ^c   Goodney, Philip P ^d   Rogers, Mary A M ^a   Curtis, Jeptha P ^e   Dimick, Justin B ^a   Bates, Eric R ^a   Krumholz, Harlan M ^e   Birkmeyer, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMBOLIC PROTECTION DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING CURVE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; UNITED STATES; WORK EXPERIENCE;

EID: 80053208237     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2011.1357     Document Type: Article

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