Clinical, demographic, and medicolegal factors associated with geographic variation in inferior vena cava filter utilization: An interstate analysis

Surgery (United States)

Volumn 153, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 683-688

  Meltzer, Andrew J ^a   Graham, Ashley ^a   Kim, Joon Hyung ^a   Connolly, Peter H ^a   Karwowski, John K ^a   Bush, Harry L ^a   Meltzer, Ellen C ^b   Schneider, Darren B ^a  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RECIPIENT; TEACHING; UNITED STATES; VENA CAVA FILTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, LIABILITY; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; VENA CAVA FILTERS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876420813     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: 15327361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2012.11.005     Document Type: Article

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