Regional variation in patient selection and treatment for lower extremity vascular disease in the Vascular Quality Initiative

Prior studies on the cause and effect of surgical variation have been limited by utilization of administrative data. The Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI), a robust national clinical registry, provides anatomic and perioperative details allowing a more robust analysis of variation in surgical practice.

Source: Journal of Vascular Surgery - September 26, 2016 Category: Surgery Authors: Peter A. Soden, Sara L. Zettervall, Thomas Curran, Ageliki G. Vouyouka, Philip P. Goodney, Joseph L. Mills, John W. Hallett, Marc L. Schermerhorn, Society for Vascular Surgery Vascular Quality Initiative Tags: Clinical paper Source Type: research