A pilot study for long-term outcome assessment after aortic aneurysm repair using Vascular Quality Initiative data matched to Medicare claims

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 751-759.e1

  Hoel, Andrew W ^a   Faerber, Adrienne E ^b   Moore, Kayla O ^b   Ramkumar, Niveditta ^b   Brooke, Benjamin S ^c   Scali, Salvatore T ^d   Sedrakyan, Art ^e   Goodney, Philip P ^b,f  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^f DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY RATE; OPEN SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VASCULAR QUALITY INITIATIVE; ADMINISTRATIVE CLAIMS (HEALTH CARE); ALGORITHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA MINING; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR SURGERY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADMINISTRATIVE CLAIMS, HEALTHCARE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; DATA MINING; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MEDICARE; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 85013119743     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2016.12.100     Document Type: Article

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