Insurance disparities in the outcomes of spinal cord stimulation surgery

Neuromodulation

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 428-435

  Huang, Kevin T ^a   Hazzard, Matthew A ^a   Babu, Ranjith ^a   Ugiliweneza, Beatrice ^b   Grossi, Peter M ^a   Huh, Billy K ^a   Roy, Lance A ^a   Patil, Chirag ^b   Boakye, Maxwell ^c,d   Lad, Shivanand P ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute   (United States)

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

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; insurance coverage; socioeconomics; spinal cord stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; IMPLANTED SPINAL CORD STIMULATOR; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD SURGERY;

DISPARITIES; INSURANCE COVERAGE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84887032004     PISSN: 10947159     EISSN: 15251403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ner.12059     Document Type: Article

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