Percutaneous vertebroplasty among low income medicare beneficiaries

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 25, 2007, Pages 2910-2914

  Solomon, Daniel H ^a   Katz, Jeffrey N ^a   Carrino, John S ^b   Levin, Raisa ^a   Brookhart, M Alan ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health service utilization; Osteoporosis; Small area variation; Spine fracture; Vertebral compression fracture; Vertebroplasty

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE SURGERY; UNITED STATES; AGE; AMBULATORY CARE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; POVERTY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICARE; OFFICE VISITS; PENNSYLVANIA; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SPINAL FRACTURES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VERTEBROPLASTY;

EID: 39049106550     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31815b7563     Document Type: Article

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