Predicting compensation and medical costs of lumbar fusion patients receiving workers' compensation in Utah using presurgical biopsychosocial variables

Spine

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 605-611

  Wheeler, Anthony J ^a   Gundy, Jessica M ^b   Deberard, M Scott ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

biopsychosocial; compensation costs; lumbar fusion; medical costs

Indexed keywords

CASE MANAGEMENT; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LUMBAR FUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NURSING CARE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL PATIENT; UNITED STATES; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTAH; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 84859435807     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318226abf7     Document Type: Review

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