title: A modest proposal.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, Warren Alpert School of Medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI. Electronic address: robert_patterson@brown.edu.
authors.forename: Robert B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Patterson
mesh_terms: D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D017046:Cost Savings; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D057510:Endovascular Procedures; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000191:economics; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006801:Humans; D007383:Intermittent Claudication / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000191:economics / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D023821:Limb Salvage; D058729:Peripheral Arterial Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000191:economics / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D012955:Societies, Medical; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000191:economics