The contribution of hospital volume, payer status, and other factors on the surgical outcomes of scoliosis patients: A review of 3,606 cases in the state of California

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 393-399

  Vitale, Mark A ^a   Arons, Raymond R ^a   Hyman, Joshua E ^b   Skaggs, David L ^c   Roye, David P ^b   Vitale, Michael G ^a,b,d  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Medicaid; Outcomes; Scoliosis; Spinal fusion; Volume outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL RUNNING COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SCOLIOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; STATE HEALTH PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 17844364431     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bpo.0000153880.05314.be     Document Type: Review

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