Financial impact of spinal cord stimulation on the healthcare budget: A comparative analysis of costs in Canada and the United States

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 564-573

  Kumar, Krishna ^a,b   Bishop, Sharon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b REGINA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Financial impact; Healthcare budget; Spinal cord stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BUDGETS; CANADA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67049161146     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.2.SPINE0865     Document Type: Article

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