Analysis of utilization patterns of vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty in the Medicare population

Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 467-472

  Manchikanti, Laxmaiah ^a,b   Pampati, Vidyasagar ^b   Hirsch, Joshua A ^c  

^a PAIN MANAGEMENT CENTER OF PADUCAH   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; KYPHOPLASTY; LUMBAR SPINE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

AGED; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; KYPHOPLASTY; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL FRACTURES; UNITED STATES; VERTEBROPLASTY;

EID: 84882446626     PISSN: 17598478     EISSN: 17598486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2012-010337     Document Type: Article

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