2015
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlpt.2014.10.015
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The impact of economic recession on the use of treatment technology for peripheral arterial disease

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“…As procedural data on stent‐PTA, data on the use of clinical evidence and data on control variables in this study were not available at individual patient or doctor level, we gathered aggregated time series data and used modelling outlines similar to those used by Bech and colleagues in 2009 to investigate the influence of economic incentives and regulatory factors on the adoption of technologies to treat heart attacks [8]. For Germany, we adapted a model that was used in previous research to analyse the impact of economic change on the use of treatment technology for PAD [9]. Notations and descriptions of variables are presented in Table .…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…As procedural data on stent‐PTA, data on the use of clinical evidence and data on control variables in this study were not available at individual patient or doctor level, we gathered aggregated time series data and used modelling outlines similar to those used by Bech and colleagues in 2009 to investigate the influence of economic incentives and regulatory factors on the adoption of technologies to treat heart attacks [8]. For Germany, we adapted a model that was used in previous research to analyse the impact of economic change on the use of treatment technology for PAD [9]. Notations and descriptions of variables are presented in Table .…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…12,21 We used the unemployment rate as an indicator for national economic health based on methods used by other similar papers found in our literature review. 5,22,23 The unemployment rate is also used as an indicator for macro-economic health in economic research. The monthly unemployment rate was obtained from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.…”
Section: Study Samples and Variablesmentioning
confidence: 99%