Variations in Medicare payments for episodes of spine surgery

Spine Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2793-2798

  Schoenfeld, Andrew J ^a   Harris, Mitchel B ^b   Liu, Haiyin ^a   Birkmeyer, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost savings methods; Health policy; Healthcare economics; Medicare payments; Payment variation; Spine surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; SPINAL STENOSIS; SPINE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; SPINAL STENOSIS; SPINE; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84919326937     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: 18781632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2014.07.002     Document Type: Article

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