Regarding: Udeh BL, et al. the 2-year cost-effectiveness of 3 options to treat lumbar spinal stenosis patients. Pain pract 2014 Jan 3 [epub ahead of print]

Pain Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2014, Pages e161-e162

  Manchikanti, Laxmaiah ^a,b   Falco, Frank J E ^c,d   Hirsch, Joshua A ^e,f  

^a PAIN MANAGEMENT CENTER OF PADUCAH   (United States)

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

^c Mid Atlantic Spine and Pain Physicians   (United States)

^d TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID; CORTICOSTEROID;

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LETTER; LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS; MEDICARE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; REIMBURSEMENT; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; ECONOMICS; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; PROCEDURES; SURGERY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 84908451487     PISSN: 15307085     EISSN: 15332500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/papr.12236     Document Type: Letter

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