Utilization and Outcomes for Spine Surgery in the United States and Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Study design

A retrospective cohort study.

Objective

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.

Summary of background data

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.

Methods

We used population-level administrative data from Ontario (years 2011-2015) and New York (2011-2014) to identify all adults who underwent inpatient spinal decompression or fusion surgery using relevant procedure codes. Patients were stratified according to age and surgical urgency (elective vs. emergent)

SUBMITTER: Cram P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6746582 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature