1. The Impact of Thoracoscopic Surgery on Payment and Health Care Utilization After Lung Resection 
Thomas J. Watson, MD, Jiejing Qiu, MS 
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 
Volume 101, Issue 4, Pages (April 2016)
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2. Fig 1
Study population from MarketScan Database (Truven Health Analytics, Ann Arbor, MI). (OPEN = open thoracotomy; VATS = video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.)
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3. Fig 2
Adjusted utilization data for lobectomy procedures at (Left) 90 days and (Right) 365 days. The solid vertical line indicates no difference; the solid squares indicate the mean difference, the horizontal lines represent the 95% confidence interval. (ER = emergency room; OPEN = open thoracotomy; VATS = video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.)
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4. Fig 3
Adjusted utilization data for wedge resection procedures at (Left) 90 days and (Right) 365 days. The solid vertical line indicates no difference; the solid squares indicate the mean difference, the horizontal lines represent the 95% confidence interval. (ER = emergency room; OPEN = open thoracotomy; VATS = video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.)
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