Late diagnosis of abdominal aortic aneurysms substantiates underutilization of abdominal aortic aneurysm screening for Medicare beneficiaries

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Mell, Matthew W ^a   Hlatky, Mark A ^a,b   Shreibati, Jacqueline B ^a   Dalman, Ronald L ^a   Baker, Laurence C ^b,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Health Research and Policy ^*  (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREOPERATIVE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SEX DIFFERENCE; ARTICLE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; UNITED STATES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880770311     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2012.12.034     Document Type: Conference Paper

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