title: Fifteen-year trends in lower limb amputation, revascularization, and preventive measures among medicare patients.
authors.affiliation: Section of Vascular Surgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire2VA Outcomes Group, White River Junction, Vermont3Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire.
authors.forename: Philip P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Goodney
authors.affiliation: Section of Vascular Surgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire.
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tarulli
authors.affiliation: Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire.
authors.forename: Adrienne E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Faerber
authors.affiliation: Section of Vascular Surgery, University of Massachusetts School of Medicine, Worcester.
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schanzer
authors.affiliation: Section of Vascular Surgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire2VA Outcomes Group, White River Junction, Vermont.
authors.forename: Robert M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Zwolak
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000671:Amputation, Surgical / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*; D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods; D016208:Databases, Factual; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D023821:Limb Salvage / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*; D035002:Lower Extremity / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D006278:Medicare / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D058729:Peripheral Arterial Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*