Economic impact of comorbidities in spine surgery: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 318-321

  Walid, M Sami ^a   Robinson Jr , Joe Sam ^b  

^a Medical Center of Central Georgia   (Georgia)

^b Georgia Neurosurgical Institute   (Georgia)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Cost analysis; Hospital charge; Length of stay; Spine surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAUCASIAN; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PREVALENCE; RACE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE FUSION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 79952479800     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.11.SPINE10139     Document Type: Article

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