Evolving patterns of vascular surgery care in the united states: A report from the American Board of Surgery

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 216, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Valentine, R James ^a   Rhodes, Robert S ^b   Jones, Andrew ^b   Biester, Thomas W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b American Board of Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

ABS; American Board of Surgery; GS; RUCA; rural urban communicating area; surgeons with general surgery and vascular certification; surgeons with only general surgery certification; VS

Indexed keywords

ANEURYSM SURGERY; AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY STENT; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PHYSICIAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR SURGERY;

EID: 84876668049     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2013.01.047     Document Type: Article

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