Outcomes for critical limb ischemia are driven by lower extremity revascularization volume, not distance to hospital

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 476-487.e1

  Medhekar, Ankit N ^a   Mix, Doran S ^a   Aquina, Christopher T ^a   Trakimas, Lauren E ^a   Noyes, Katia ^a   Fleming, Fergal J ^a   Glocker, Roan J ^a   Stoner, Michael C ^a  

^a STRONG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL LIMB ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG REVASCULARIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MORTALITY RATE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; SURVIVAL; VERY ELDERLY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AMPUTATION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH VOLUME HOSPITAL; ISCHEMIA; LIMB SALVAGE; LOW VOLUME HOSPITAL; LOWER LIMB; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW YORK; ODDS RATIO; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; POSTAL MAIL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGERY; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALS, HIGH-VOLUME; HOSPITALS, LOW-VOLUME; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LIMB SALVAGE; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW YORK; ODDS RATIO; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; POSTAL SERVICE; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 85017334609     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2017.01.062     Document Type: Conference Paper

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