Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 50, Issue 2 , Pages 256-262 , August 2009

Risk prediction for perioperative mortality of endovascular vs open repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms using the Medicare population

Presented at the Thirty-fifth New England Society for Vascular Surgery Annual Meeting, Newport, RI, October 4, 2008.

  • Kristina A. Giles, MD

      Affiliations

    • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Mass
    • ,
  • Marc L. Schermerhorn, MD

      Affiliations

    • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Mass
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Marc Schermerhorn, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 110 Francis St, Suite 5B, Boston, MA 02215
    • ,
  • A. James O'Malley, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
    • ,
  • Philip Cotterill, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Baltimore, Md
    • ,
  • Ami Jhaveri, MD

      Affiliations

    • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Mass
    • ,
  • Frank B. Pomposelli, MD

      Affiliations

    • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Mass
    • ,
  • Bruce E. Landon, MD, MBA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass

Received 6 November 2008 ,Accepted 21 January 2009.

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 Competition of interest: none.

PII: S0741-5214(09)00071-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.01.044

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 50, Issue 2 , Pages 256-262 , August 2009

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