Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 1 , Pages 55-59 , January 2007

The adverse effects of race, insurance status, and low income on the rate of amputation in patients presenting with lower extremity ischemia

  • Mohammad H. Eslami, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Mass
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Mohammad H. Eslami, MD, FACS, Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 N. Lake Ave, Worcester, MA 01655.
    • ,
  • Maksim Zayaruzny, MD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Outcomes Research, Worcester, Mass.
    • ,
  • Gordon A. Fitzgerald, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Outcomes Research, Worcester, Mass.

Received 30 September 2005 ,Accepted 16 September 2006.

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 Competition of interest: none.

PII: S0741-5214(06)01749-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2006.09.044

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 1 , Pages 55-59 , January 2007

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