Effects of a Commercial Insurance Policy Restriction on Lumbar Fusion in North Carolina and the Implications for National Adoption

STUDY DESIGN: Analysis of the State Inpatient Database of North Carolina, 2005–2012, and the Nationwide Inpatient Sample, including all inpatient lumbar fusion admissions from non-federal hospitals. OBJECTIVE: To examine the influence of a major commercial policy change that restricted lumbar fusion...

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Published in:Spine (Phila Pa 1976)
Main Authors: Martin, Brook I., Deyo, Richard A., Lurie, Jon D., Carey, Timothy S., Tosteson, Anna N.A., Mirza, Sohail K.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2016
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4884145/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26679877
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1097/BRS.0000000000001390
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