Variations in data collection methods between national databases affect study results: A comparison of the nationwide inpatient sample and national surgical quality improvement program databases for lumbar spine fusion procedures

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - American Volume

Volumn 96, Issue 23, 2014, Pages e193-

  Bohl, Daniel D ^a   Russo, Glenn S ^a   Basques, Bryce A ^a   Golinvaux, Nicholas S ^a   Fu, Michael C ^a,b   Long, William D ^a   Grauer, Jonathan N ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DATA BASE; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL INFECTION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND DEHISCENCE; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SURGERY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84916877415     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.M.01490     Document Type: Article

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