The National Neurosurgery Quality and Outcomes Database (N2QOD): A collaborative north American outcomes registry to advance value-based spine care

Spine

Volumn 39, Issue 22, 2014, Pages S106-S116

  Asher, Anthony L ^a   Speroff, Ted ^b,c   Dittus, Robert S ^b,c   Parker, Scott L ^d   Davies, Jason M ^e   Selden, Nathan ^f   Nian, Hui ^c   Glassman, Steven ^g   Mummaneni, Praveen ^e   Shaffrey, Christopher ^h   Watridge, Clarence ⁱ   Cheng, Joseph S ^d   McGirt, Mathew J ^a  

^a CAROLINA NEUROSURGERY AND SPINE ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^h UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

ⁱ SEMMES MURPHEY NEUROLOGIC AND SPINE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

N2QOD; Registry; Spine; Value

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NEUROSURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; AGED; COMPLICATION; ECONOMICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; NORTH AMERICA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGISTER; SPINAL DISEASES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH AMERICA; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGISTRIES; SPINAL DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84930932443     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000000579     Document Type: Article

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