Costs and state-specific rates of thoracic and lumbar vertebroplasty, 2001-2005

Spine

Volumn 33, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 1905-1912

  Gray, Darryl T ^a   Hollingworth, William ^b   Onwudiwe, Nneka ^a,c   Jarvik, Jeffrey G ^d  

^a AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Costs; Health service research; Lumbar; Medicare; Rates; Thoracic; Vertebroplasty

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FLUOROSCOPY; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL COST; MEDICARE; OUTPATIENT; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VERTEBRA;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MEDICARE PART B; STATE HEALTH PLANS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; UNITED STATES; VERTEBROPLASTY;

EID: 58949084556     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31817bb0a4     Document Type: Article

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