Patient comorbidities and complications after spinal surgery: A societal-based cost analysis

Spine

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1065-1071

  Whitmore, Robert G ^a   Stephen, James ^a   Stein, Sherman C ^a   Campbell, Peter G ^b   Yadla, Sanjay ^b   Harrop, James S ^b   Sharan, Ashwini D ^b   Maltenfort, Mitchell G ^b   Ratliff, John K ^c  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

comorbidities; complications; cost analysis; fusion; societal perspective; spine surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INJURY; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; SPINAL DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORTHOPEDICS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861528236     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31823da22d     Document Type: Article

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