Incremental cost-effectiveness of adult spinal deformity surgery: Observed quality-adjusted life years with surgery compared with predicted quality-adjusted life years without surgery

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  McCarthy, Ian ^a   O'Brien, Michael ^b   Ames, Christopher ^c   Robinson, Chessie ^a   Errico, Thomas ^d   Polly, David W ^e   Hostin, Richard ^b  

^a SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Baylor Scoliosis Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult spinal deformity; Cost effectiveness; Health related quality of life; Scoliosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE; SPINE FUSION; SURGERY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; SPINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901196770     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2014.3.FOCUS1415     Document Type: Article

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