Explosive growth of facet joint interventions in the medicare population in the United States: a comparative evaluation of 1997, 2002, and 2006 data

BACKGROUND: The Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (OIG-DHHS) issued a report which showed explosive growth and also raised questions of lack of medical necessity and/or indications for facet joint injection services in 2006. The purpose of the study was to de...

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Autores principales: Manchikanti, Laxmaiah, Pampati, Vidyasagar, Singh, Vijay, Boswell, Mark V, Smith, Howard S, Hirsch, Joshua A
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Research article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2907752/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20353602
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-10-84

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2907752/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20353602
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-10-84

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