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Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Study findings from N.H. Osborne et al broaden understanding of abdominal aortic aneurysm
November 2nd, 2009
"Black patients have a higher mortality rate than nonblacks after abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. We sought to understand the factors responsible for this racial disparity in the mortality rate after aneurysm repair," scientists in the United States report. "The Medicare database (2001-2006) was used to identify, 160,785 patients undergoing open and endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repairs. We used risk-adjusted mortality as our primary measure of quality and logistic regression to determine the relationship between race and mortality, sequentially adding contributing factors including patient characteristics, the type of repair (endovascular vs open repair),...
Source: Managed Care Weekly Digest (2009-11-02)
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