Why the United States Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services should not extend reimbursement indications for carotid artery angioplasty/stenting

Vascular. 2012 Feb;20(1):1-7. doi: 10.1258/vasc.2011.201102. Epub 2012 Jan 23.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Angioplasty / adverse effects
  • Angioplasty / economics*
  • Angioplasty / instrumentation
  • Asymptomatic Diseases
  • Carotid Stenosis / diagnosis
  • Carotid Stenosis / economics*
  • Carotid Stenosis / therapy*
  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S. / economics*
  • Evidence-Based Medicine / economics
  • Health Care Costs*
  • Humans
  • Insurance, Health, Reimbursement*
  • Patient Selection
  • Risk Assessment
  • Risk Factors
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Stents / economics*
  • United States