Insurance status predicts acuity of thoracic aortic operations

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 148, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2082-2086

  Andersen, Nicholas D ^a   Hanna, Jennifer M ^a   Ganapathi, Asvin M ^a   Bhattacharya, Syamal D ^a   Williams, Judson B ^a   Gaca, Jeffrey G ^a   McCann, Richard L ^a   Chad Hughes, G ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA SURGERY; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL; THORACIC AORTA SURGERY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; AORTIC DISEASES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY; INSURANCE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; THORACIC AORTA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOLIPIDEMIC AGENTS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PRIVATE SECTOR; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84911004944     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.03.013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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