Palliative care is underutilized and affects healthcare costs in ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms

Surgery. 2020 Aug;168(2):234-236. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2020.01.017. Epub 2020 Mar 3.

Authors

Shirley Liu¹, Danielle R Heller¹, Raymond A Jean¹, Alexander S Chiu¹, Sajid A Khan¹, Alan Dardik²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Yale University, New Haven, CT.
² Department of Surgery, Yale University, New Haven, CT; Department of Surgery, VA Connecticut Healthcare Systems, West Haven, CT. Electronic address: [email protected].

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / economics*
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / epidemiology
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / therapy*
Aortic Rupture / economics*
Aortic Rupture / epidemiology
Aortic Rupture / therapy*
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / statistics & numerical data
Comorbidity
Endovascular Procedures / statistics & numerical data
Female
Hospital Charges / statistics & numerical data
Hospital Mortality
Humans
Length of Stay / statistics & numerical data
Male
Middle Aged
Palliative Care / statistics & numerical data*
Renal Dialysis / statistics & numerical data
Respiration, Artificial / statistics & numerical data
Tracheostomy / statistics & numerical data
United States / epidemiology
Young Adult

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