The Dartmouth atlas of vascular health care
Vascular disease is a major cause of death and disability, and requires substantial health care expenditure in the United States. It is primarily a disease of the elderly and thus becoming more important with aging of the population. During the past fifty years, there has been substantial progress i...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago, Illinois :
American Hospital Publishing, Inc
2000.
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| Colección: | Dartmouth atlas of health care series
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009757139706719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Dedication
- The Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Preface
- Introduction
- The Geography of Health Care in the United States
- Chapter One. The Vascular Health Care Workforce
- The Physician Workforce Active in Vascular Health Care
- Specialists Performing Major Vascular Surgery
- Procedure Volume of Surgeons Performing Major Vascular Surgery
- Supply of Surgical Specialists Performing Major Vascular Surgery
- Board-Certified Vascular Surgeons Performing Major Vascular Surgery
- Cardiothoracic Surgeons Performing Major Vascular Surgery
- General Surgeons Performing Major Vascular Surgery
- Projections of the Future Supply of Board-Certified Vascular Surgeons
- Projections of the Total Vascular Surgery Workforce
- Specialists Performing Other Vascular Surgery
- Specialists Performing Interventional Procedures
- Chapter One Table
- Chapter Two. Carotid Artery Disease
- Overview
- Variation in Rates of Carotid Endarterectomy
- Differences in Diagnostic Intensity
- The Status of Medical Science Concerning Carotid Endarterectomy
- Variation in Patient Outcomes after Carotid Endarterectomy
- Importance of Surgeon Volume
- Specialty Type of Surgeons Performing Carotid Endarterectomy
- Surgeon Specialty, Procedure Volumes, and Mortality
- Chapter Two Table
- Chapter Three. Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
- Variation in Rates of Elective Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
- Variation in Repair of Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
- Potential Reasons for Variation in Rates of Elective Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair
- Importance of Surgeon Volume
- Elective Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair by Low Volume Surgeons
- Specialty Type of Surgeons Performing Elective Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair
- Surgeon Specialty, Procedure Volumes, and Mortality
- Chapter Three Table
- Chapter Four. Lower Extremity Arterial Occlusive Disease
- Overview
- Variation in Rates of Major Amputation
- Variation in Rates of Surgical Bypass
- Variation in Rates of Angioplasty
- Variation in Rates of Lower Extremity Revascularization
- Variation in the Use of Specific Procedures: Aortoiliac Bypass
- Rates of Infrainguinal Surgical Bypass
- Use of Synthetic Grafts in Infrainguinal Bypass Surgery
- Use of Stents with Angioplasty
- Specialty Types of Surgeons Performing Major Amputations
- Specialty Types of Surgeons Performing Surgical Bypass Procedures
- Specialty Types of Physicians Performing Angioplasty
- Chapter Four Table
- Chapter Five. Use of Hemodialysis Access Procedures
- Surgical Procedures Used to Establish Hemodialysis Access
- Revision of Hemodialysis Access Procedures
- Variation in Techniques Used to Revise Hemodialysis Access Procedures
- Specialty Types of Surgeons Performing Hemodialysis Access Procedures
- Chapter Five Table
- Chapter Six. Miscellaneous Vascular Diseases
- Surgical Treatment for Arterial Thrombosis and Embolism
- Use of Thrombolytic Therapy for Thrombosis and Embolism
- Surgical Treatment of Vascular Trauma
- Surgical Treatment of Varicose Veins
- Use of Vena Cava Filters to Prevent Pulmonary Embolism
- Specialists Performing Vena Cava Filter Placement
- Chapter Six Table
- Conclusions
- The Vascular Workforce
- Increasing Use of Interventional Procedures
- Variation in the Use of Vascular Procedures
- Appendix on Methods
- Appendix on the Geography of Health Care in the United States.
