Rate of Emergency Lower Extremity Amputations in the United States Among Medicare Beneficiaries.
Rate of Emergency Lower Extremity Amputations in the United States Among Medicare Beneficiaries.
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美国医疗保险受益人紧急下肢截肢率。
DOI:
10.1097/sla.0000000000006105
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发表时间:
2024
影响因子:
9
通讯作者:
Ibrahim,AndrewM
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作者:
Dualeh,ShukriHA;Powell,ChloeA;Kunnath,Nicholas;Corriere,MatthewA;Ibrahim,AndrewM
Objective:To determine the rate of emergency versus elective lower extremity amputations in the United States.Background:Lower extremity amputation is a common endpoint for patients with poorly controlled diabetes and multilevel peripheral vascular disease. Although the procedure is ideally performed electively, patients with limited access may present later and require an emergency operation. To what extent rates of emergency amputation for lower extremities vary across the United States is unknown.Methods:Evaluation of Medicare beneficiaries who underwent lower extremity amputation between 2015 and 2020. The rate was determined for each zip code and placed into rank order from lowest to highest rate. We merged each beneficiary’s place of residence and location of care with the American Hospital Association Annual Survey using Google Maps Application Programming Interface to determine the travel distance for patients to undergo their procedure.Results:Of 233,084 patients, 66.3%(154,597) were men, 69.8%(162,786) were White. The average age (SD) was 74 years (8). There was wide variation in rates of emergency lower extremity amputation. The lowest quintile of zip codes demonstrated an emergency amputation rate of 3.7%, whereas the highest quintile demonstrated 90%. The median travel distance in the lowest emergency surgery rate quintile was 34.6 miles compared with 10.5 miles in the highest quintile of emergency surgery (P< 0.001).Conclusions:There is wide variation in the rate of emergency lower extremity amputations among Medicare beneficiaries, suggesting variable access to essential vascular care. Travel distance and rate of amputation have an inverse relationship, suggesting that barriers other than travel distance are playing a role.
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DOI:
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发表时间:
1985
期刊:
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)
影响因子:
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作者:
Reed,JC;Tadmori,W;Kamoun,M;Koretzky,G;Nowell,PC
通讯作者:
Nowell,PC
DOI:
10.1073/pnas.83.5.1458
发表时间:
1986
影响因子:
11.1
作者:
Lacy,J;Sarkar,SN;Summers,WC
通讯作者:
Summers,WC
DOI:
10.1073/pnas.83.11.3982
发表时间:
1986-06-01
影响因子:
11.1
作者:
REED, JC;ALPERS, JD;HOOVER, RG
通讯作者:
HOOVER, RG
影响因子:
56.9
作者:
G. P. Studzinski;Z. Brelvi;S. C. Feldman;R. Watt
通讯作者:
R. Watt
影响因子:
6
作者:
P. Nowell;C. Croce
通讯作者:
C. Croce