Five-year clinical and economic outcomes among patients with medically managed severe aortic stenosis: Results from a medicare claims analysis

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 697-704

  Clark, Mary Ann ^a   Arnold, Suzanne V ^b   Duhay, Francis G ^c   Thompson, Ann K ^c   Keyes, Michelle J ^d   Svensson, Lars G ^e   Bonow, Robert O ^f   Stockwell, Benjamin T ^d   Cohen, David J ^b  

^a The Neocure Group LLC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^c EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES   (United States)

^d Burgess Group   (United States)

^e LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost; Epidemiology; Heart failure; Medicare; Valves

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART SURGERY; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; NURSING CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEART FAILURE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICARE; MODELS, ECONOMIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84868661328     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.112.966002     Document Type: Article

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