Significant physician practice variability in the utilization of endovenous thermal ablation in the 2017 Medicare population

Volume: 7, Issue: 6, Pages: 808 - 816.e1
Published: Nov 1, 2019
Abstract
There has been a substantial increase in the use of procedures to treat lower extremity venous disease in the United States over the past decade. A specialty society-selected metric was applied to evaluate the use of endovenous thermal ablation (EVTA) in Medicare beneficiaries and factors associated with physician practice variations. We used confidential physician reports of this benchmark data to increase physician recognition of...
Paper Details
Title
Significant physician practice variability in the utilization of endovenous thermal ablation in the 2017 Medicare population
Published Date
Nov 1, 2019
Volume
7
Issue
6
Pages
808 - 816.e1
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