Regional Market Competition Is Associated with Aneurysm Diameter At Time Of EVAR

Local market competition has been previously associated with more aggressive surgical decision making. For example, more local competition for organs is associated with acceptance of lower quality kidney offers in transplant surgery. We hypothesized that market competition would be associated with size of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) at time of elective endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR).

Source: Annals of Vascular Surgery - January 31, 2020 Category: Surgery Authors: Courtenay Holscher, M. Libby Weaver, James H. Black, Christopher Abularrage, Ying Wei Lum, Devin Zarkowsky, Caitlin Hicks Source Type: research