TY  - THES
AB  - Lumbar spine problems are conditions of great significance in the United States.  In the  American working-age population, low back and leg pain is the number one cause of disability.  Direct medical costs related to back pain have been estimated at $25 billion per year, and the costs to society are even higher. This project aimed to explore the relationship between payer status and practice variation in lumbar spine surgery in Oregon.
AD  - Oregon Health and Science University
AU  - Kernan, Jennifer
DA  - 2011-05-01
DO  - 10.6083/M4R78C6B
DO  - DOI
ED  - Austin, Donald
ED  - Advisor
ED  - Mentor
ID  - 651
KW  - Insurance, Health
KW  - Insurance Coverage
KW  - Practice Patterns, Physicians'
KW  - Spinal Fusion
KW  - Surgical Procedures, Operative
KW  - Back Pain
KW  - Lumbar Vertebrae
KW  - Spine
L1  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/651/files/652_etd.pdf
L2  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/651/files/652_etd.pdf
L4  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/651/files/652_etd.pdf
LK  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/651/files/652_etd.pdf
N2  - Lumbar spine problems are conditions of great significance in the United States.  In the  American working-age population, low back and leg pain is the number one cause of disability.  Direct medical costs related to back pain have been estimated at $25 billion per year, and the costs to society are even higher. This project aimed to explore the relationship between payer status and practice variation in lumbar spine surgery in Oregon.
PB  - Oregon Health and Science University
PY  - 2011-05-01
T1  - Practice variation in spine surgery according to payer
TI  - Practice variation in spine surgery according to payer
UR  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/651/files/652_etd.pdf
Y1  - 2011-05-01
ER  -