Geographic variation in lumbar fusion for degenerative disorders: 1990 to 2000

Keyphrases

• Geographic Variation 100%
• Geographic Region 100%
• Degenerative Disease 100%
• Lumbar Fusion 100%
• Length of Hospital Stay 50%
• Total Charges 50%
• Lumbar Spine Surgery 50%
• Mortality Rate 33%
• Discharge Rate 33%
• Midwest 33%
• Length of Stay 33%
• Surgical Care 33%
• Inflation 33%
• Perioperative Complication Rate 33%
• Surgical Fusion 33%
• Fusion Outcomes 33%
• Patient-physician 16%
• Disease-related 16%
• Patient Samples 16%
• National Sample 16%
• Complication Rate 16%
• Postoperative Mortality 16%
• Patient Selection 16%
• Retrospective Cohort Study 16%
• Regional Variation 16%
• National Inpatient Sample Database 16%
• Cauda Equina 16%
• Functional Measures 16%
• Physician Preference 16%
• Administrative Data 16%
• Principal Diagnosis 16%
• Selection Preference 16%
• Bivariate Statistical Analysis 16%
• Lumbar Spine Fusion 16%
• Cauda Equina Syndrome 16%
• Degenerative Lumbar Spine Disease 16%
• Spine Fusion Surgery 16%

Medicine and Dentistry

• Mortality Rate 100%
• Disease 100%
• Surgery 66%
• Lumbar Spine 66%
• Postoperative Complication 66%
• Retrospective Cohort Study 33%
• Patient Selection 33%
• Cauda equina 33%
• Surgical Mortality 33%
• Spine Disease 33%
• Cauda Equina Syndrome 33%
• Spinal Fusion 33%

Nursing and Health Professions

• Disease 100%
• Length of Stay 100%
• Mortality Rate 60%
• Surgery 40%
• Postoperative Complication 40%
• Cohort Analysis 20%
• Patient Selection 20%
• Surgical Mortality 20%
• Spine Fusion 20%
• Cauda Equina Syndrome 20%
• Spine Disease 20%