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Indications for selected medical and surgical procedures : a literature review and ratings of appropriateness : carotid endarterectomy / Nancy J. Merrick ... [et al.] ; Arlene Fink, series editor.
- Title
- Indications for selected medical and surgical procedures : a literature review and ratings of appropriateness : carotid endarterectomy / Nancy J. Merrick ... [et al.] ; Arlene Fink, series editor.
- Publication
- Santa Monica, CA : Rand, [1986]
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Not available - Please for assistance. | Text | Request in advance | AS36 .R3 R-3204/6 | Off-site |
Not available - Please for assistance. | Text | Request in advance | WG 595.C2 I39 1986 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xvi, 278 p. : ill.; 28 cm.
- Summary
- This report is part of a larger study to determine the extent to which the appropriate use of medical procedures is related to overall rates of use among geographic areas. It is one of six volumes that report the ratings of panels of physicians on the appropriateness of performing each of six procedures for a wide variety of clinically specific indications.The six procedures were coronary angiography, coronary artery bypass graft surgery, cholecystectomy, diagnostic gastrointestinal endoscopy, colonoscopy, and carotid endarterectomy. This volume contains a literature review of carotid endarterectomy, a comprehensive set of indications for performing this procedure, and ratings of the appropriateness for each indication.
- Alternative Title
- Carotid endarterectomy.
- Carotid endarterectomy
- Subjects
- Utilization Review
- Endarterectomy > utilization
- Carotid Arteries > surgery
- Utilization Review > United States
- Endarterectomy > utilization > United States
- Carotid Arteries > surgery > United States
- Surgical indications > United States
- Medical care > Utilization review > United States
- Endarterectomy > United States
- Carotid artery > Surgery > United States
- United States
- Note
- "May 1986."
- "Prepared for the Commonwealth Fund ... [et al.]."
- "R-3204/6-CWF/HF/PMT/RWJ."
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 29-34.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- ISBN
- 0833007971 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- ^^^87004699^
- OCLC
- 15365829
- SCSB-10498258
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library