National and Regional Trends in Deep Vein Thrombosis Hospitalization Rates, Discharge Disposition, and Outcomes for Medicare Beneficiaries
Minges KE, Bikdeli B, Wang Y, Attaran RR, Krumholz HM. National and Regional Trends in Deep Vein Thrombosis Hospitalization Rates, Discharge Disposition, and Outcomes for Medicare Beneficiaries. The American Journal Of Medicine 2018, 131: 1200-1208. PMID: 29753792, PMCID: PMC7040884, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2018.04.033.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDeep vein thrombosisHospitalization ratesVein thrombosisBlack patientsMedicare Standard Analytic FilesProportion of patientsPrincipal discharge diagnosisStandard Analytic FilesSecondary prevention effortsDischarge dispositionHospital lengthInpatient managementReadmission ratesDischarge diagnosisService patientsAdjusted outcomesOutpatient careAnalytic FilesMedicare feeMedicare beneficiariesMortality rateClinical practiceHospitalizationPatientsThrombosis