United States' trends and regional variations in lumbar spine surgery: 1992-2003

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 2707-2714

  Weinstein, James N ^a,b   Lurie, Jon D ^a   Olson, Patrick R ^a   Bronner, Kristen K ^a   Fisher, Elliott S ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost; Lumbar surgery rates; Spinal fusion; Trends

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL COST; IMPLANT; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR SPINE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DISKECTOMY; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MEDICARE; NEUROSURGERY; ORTHOPEDICS; SPINAL FUSION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750579976     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000248132.15231.fe     Document Type: Article

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