Cost and value of spinal deformity surgery

Spine

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 388-393

  Paulus, Megan Carroll ^a   Kalantar, Seyed Babak ^a   Radcliff, Kris ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adult; adult scoliosis surgery; cost; HRQOL; nonoperative; operative; outcomes; QALY; quality of life; spine deformity; surgery

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; NARCOTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BED REST; BRACE; CHIROPRACTIC; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; KINESIOTHERAPY; LEG PAIN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; NERVE BLOCK; NUMERICAL RATING SCALE; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; PAIN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SCOLIOSIS; SCOLIOSIS RESEARCH SOCIETY INSTRUMENT SCORE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 12; SHORT FORM 36; SPINE SURGERY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; ADOLESCENT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; ECONOMICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCOLIOSIS;

EID: 84896363428     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000000150     Document Type: Article

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