Smoking is Associated with Poorer Quality-Based Outcomes in Patients Hospitalized with Spinal Disease

Frontiers in Surgery

Volumn 2, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Bisson, Erica F ^a   Bowers, Christian A ^a   Hohmann, Samuel F ^b   Schmidt, Meic H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University HealthSystem Consortium ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

healthcare costs; modifiable risk factors; patient outcomes; quality improvement; smoking; spine; surgery; value

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945566213     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2296875X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fsurg.2015.00020     Document Type: Article

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