Clinical, demographic, and medicolegal factors associated with geographic variation in inferior vena cava filter utilization: an interstate analysis.

Meltzer, Andrew J; Graham, Ashley; Kim, Joon-Hyung; Connolly, Peter H; Karwowski, John K; Bush, Harry L; Meltzer, Ellen C; Schneider, Darren B

Meltzer, Andrew J; Graham, Ashley; Kim, Joon-Hyung; Connolly, Peter H; Karwowski, John K; Bush, Harry L; Meltzer, Ellen C; Schneider, Darren B.

Affiliation

Meltzer AJ; Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY 10065, USA. ajm9007@med.cornell.edu

Surgery ; 153(5): 683-8, 2013 May.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23305597

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Healthcare Disparities/statistics & numerical data; Insurance, Liability/statistics & numerical data; Malpractice/statistics & numerical data; Practice Patterns, Physicians'/statistics & numerical data; Pulmonary Embolism/prevention & control; Vena Cava Filters/statistics & numerical data; Venous Thrombosis/therapy; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Child; Databases, Factual; Female; General Surgery; Healthcare Disparities/economics; Humans; Insurance, Liability/economics; Male; Malpractice/economics; Middle Aged; Practice Patterns, Physicians'/economics; Prevalence; Pulmonary Embolism/epidemiology; Pulmonary Embolism/etiology; Retrospective Studies; United States/epidemiology; Unnecessary Procedures/economics; Unnecessary Procedures/instrumentation; Unnecessary Procedures/statistics & numerical data; Venous Thrombosis/complications; Venous Thrombosis/epidemiology; Young Adult

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pulmonary Embolism / Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Vena Cava Filters / Venous Thrombosis / Healthcare Disparities / Insurance, Liability / Malpractice Type of study: Etiology_studies / Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Aspects: Determinantes_sociais_saude Limits: Adolescent / Adult / Aged / Aged80 / Child / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Country/Region as subject: America do norte Language: En Journal: Surgery Year: 2013 Document type: Article Affiliation country: United States Country of publication: United States

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