1. “Better” (sometimes) in vascular disease management
Peter F. Lawrence, MD 
Journal of Vascular Surgery 
Volume 63, Issue 1, Pages (January 2016)
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2. 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.
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3. Fig 2 Venous procedures performed in the U.S. (1996-2014).
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4. Fig 3
Lower extremity atherectomies, percent performed as office-based procedures ( ). Collection of data began in 2011.
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5. Fig 4
Lower extremity venous stents (femoral-popliteal), percent performed as office-based procedure ( ). Collection of data began in 2011.
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6. Fig 5
Percentage of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty vein procedures performed by specialty ( ).
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7. Fig 6 Quality measures utilized at UCLA.
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Example: Center Opportunity for Improvement (COPI) report given to a center participating in Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI).
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9. Fig 8
Proposed Center Appropriateness Improvement (CAPI) report. VQI, Vascular Quality Initiative.
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