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Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture repair has higher mortality rate for women
April 21st, 2006
Despite improvements in overall management, abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture repair has a higher mortality rate for women. "Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair has undergone vast changes in the last decade," report scientists at the University of Pittsburgh. "We reviewed a national database to evaluate the effect on utilization of services and rupture rates." E.D. Dillavou and colleagues explained, "From the Centers for Medicare Services (CMS), a 5% inpatient sample was obtained for 1994 to 2003 as beneficiary encrypted files (5% BEF) and as a limited data set file after 2001. Files were translated into Microsoft Access by using a custom program....
Source: Science Letter (2006-04-21)
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