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Economics of less invasive spinal surgery: an analysis of hospital cost differences between open and minimally invasive instrumented spinal fusion procedures during the perioperative period

BACKGROUND: There is great debate about the costs and benefits of technology-driven medical interventions such as instrumented lumbar fusion. With most analyses using charge data, the actual costs incurred by medical institutions performing these procedures are not well understood. The object of the...

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Autores principales: Lucio, John C, VanConia, R Brent, DeLuzio, Kevin J, Lehmen, Jeffrey A, Rodgers, Jody A, Rodgers, WB
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3430081/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22952415
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/RMHP.S30974