Utilization and Outcomes for Spine Surgery in the United States and Canada.
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SUBMITTER: Cram P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6746582 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct
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Utilization and Outcomes for Spine Surgery in the United States and Canada.
Cram Peter P Landon Bruce E BE Matelski John J Ling Vicki V Perruccio Anthony V AV Paterson J Michael JM Rampersaud Y Raja YR
Spine 20191001 19
<h4>Study design</h4>A retrospective cohort study.<h4>Objective</h4>The aim of this study was to examine variation in spine surgery utilization between the province of Ontario and state of New York among all patients and pre-specified patient subgroups.<h4>Summary of background data</h4>Spine surgery is common and costly. Within-country variation in utilization is well studied, but there has been little exploration of variation in spine surgery utilization between countries.<h4>Methods</h4>We us ...[more]
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