“Better” (sometimes) in vascular disease management Peter F. Lawrence, MD Journal of Vascular Surgery Volume 63, Issue 1, Pages 260-269 (January 2016) DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2015.10.022 Copyright © 2016 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Carotid endarterectomy per 1000 Medicare patients (1995-1996). Adapted with permission from “The Quality of Medical Care in the United States: A Report on the Medicare Program. The Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care 1999.” The Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences Dartmouth Medical School. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2016 63, 260-269DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2015.10.022) Copyright © 2016 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Venous procedures performed in the U.S. (1996-2014). Journal of Vascular Surgery 2016 63, 260-269DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2015.10.022) Copyright © 2016 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Lower extremity atherectomies, percent performed as office-based procedures (2011-2014). Collection of data began in 2011. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2016 63, 260-269DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2015.10.022) Copyright © 2016 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 4 Lower extremity venous stents (femoral-popliteal), percent performed as office-based procedure (2011-2014). Collection of data began in 2011. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2016 63, 260-269DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2015.10.022) Copyright © 2016 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 5 Percentage of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty vein procedures performed by specialty (2007-2014). Journal of Vascular Surgery 2016 63, 260-269DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2015.10.022) Copyright © 2016 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 6 Quality measures utilized at UCLA. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2016 63, 260-269DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2015.10.022) Copyright © 2016 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 7 Example: Center Opportunity for Improvement (COPI) report given to a center participating in Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI). Journal of Vascular Surgery 2016 63, 260-269DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2015.10.022) Copyright © 2016 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 8 Proposed Center Appropriateness Improvement (CAPI) report. VQI, Vascular Quality Initiative. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2016 63, 260-269DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2015.10.022) Copyright © 2016 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions