Background to understanding value-based surgical spine care

Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2014 Oct 15;39(22 Suppl 1):S51-2. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000000544.

Authors

Matthew J McGirt¹, Daniel Resnick, Natalie Edwards, Peter Angevine, Thomas Mroz, Michael Fehlings

Affiliation

¹ *Carolina Neurosurgery and Spine Associates, Charlotte, NC †Department of Neurosurgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI ‡Health Services Consulting Corporation, Boxborough, MA §Department of Neurological Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY ¶Center for Spine Health, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; and ∥Department of Neurosurgery and Spinal Program, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Cost-Benefit Analysis
Evidence-Based Medicine
Health Care Costs*
Humans
Quality of Health Care / economics*
Spinal Cord Diseases / economics*
Spinal Cord Diseases / surgery
Spinal Diseases / economics*
Spinal Diseases / surgery

Grants and funding

L40 NS060066/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States