A comparison of perioperative costs and outcomes in patients with and without workers' compensation claims treated with minimally invasive or open transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion

Spine

Volumn 37, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 1914-1919

  Pelton, Miguel A ^a   Phillips, Frank M ^a   Singh, Kern ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

costs; MIS TLIF; perioperative; workers' compensation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE FUSION; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADULT; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; LENGTH OF STAY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATIVE TIME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL STENOSIS; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 84867741606     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318257d490     Document Type: Article

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