Trends in Endovascular Aortic Repair Volume and Surveillance in the Era of the MISSION Act

Aravind S Ponukumati; Laura Newton; Jesse A Columbo; David Soybel; Louise Davies; Emily Spangler; Philip Goodney

doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2024.5525

Trends in Endovascular Aortic Repair Volume and Surveillance in the Era of the MISSION Act

JAMA Surg. 2024 Dec 18. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2024.5525. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Aravind S Ponukumati^{1

2}, Laura Newton^{1

2}, Jesse A Columbo^{1

2}, David Soybel¹, Louise Davies^{1

2}, Emily Spangler³, Philip Goodney^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, White River Junction VA, White River Junction, Vermont.
² Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire.
³ Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama.

PMID: 39693077
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2024.5525

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Plain language summary

This cohort study examines US veterans undergoing endovascular aortic repairs between 2000 and 2023 in the context of the 2018 Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks (MISSION) Act, which established a community care program to deliver health care to veterans outside Veterans Affairs facilities.