Hospitalization costs for endovascular and surgical treatment of ruptured aneurysms in the United States are substantially higher than medicare payments

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1037-1040

  Brinjikji, W ^a   Kallmes, D F ^b   Lanzino, G ^b   Cloft, Harry J ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANEURYSM CLIP; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM RUPTURE; COMORBIDITY; CRANIOTOMY; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; ICD-9; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; REIMBURSEMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT SURVEY;

ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MEDICARE; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862556306     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2938     Document Type: Short Survey

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