Medicaid status is associated with higher surgical site infection rates after spine surgery

Spine

Volumn 39, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 1707-1713

  Manoso, Mark W ^a,b   Cizik, Amy M ^a   Bransford, Richard J ^a,c   Bellabarba, Carlo ^a,c   Chapman, Jens ^a,c   Lee, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Medicaid; Payor status; Spine surgery; Surgical severity index; Surgical site infection

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84914700721     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000000496     Document Type: Article

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