Lower-extremity endovascular interventions for medicare beneficiaries: Comparative effectiveness as a function of provider specialty

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-9.e14

  Zafar, Abdul M ^a,b   Dhangana, Rajoo ^c   Murphy, Timothy P ^a,b   Goodwin, Scott C ^e   Duszak Jr , Richard ^d   Ray Jr , Charles E ^f   Manolov, Nikolay E ^g  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g LEWIN GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; ATHERECTOMY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RADIOLOGIST; REVASCULARIZATION; STENT; SURGEON;

EID: 84855348953     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: 15357732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2011.09.005     Document Type: Article

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