METHODS: This is a single-institution retrospective review of patients enrolled in BPCIA
undergoing spinal fusion with DRGs 453, 454, 455, 459, and 460 from 2018 to 2022 …

BACKGROUND Previous reports have suggested an increasing rate of utilization of spinal
fusions, but contemporary data have not been analyzed, and there has been little …

The objective of this study was to develop and validate a predictive model of hospitalization
costs after spine surgery. Several initiatives have been put in place to minimize healthcare …

BACKGROUND The costs and outcomes following degenerative spine surgery may vary
from surgeon to surgeon. Patient factors such as comorbidities may increase the health care …

Objective To investigate the health care resource utilization and the associated 6 months
preoperative and 6 months postoperative spending among patients undergoing posterior …

Object Comorbidities in patients undergoing spine surgery may reasonably be factors that
increase health care costs. To verify this hypothesis, the authors conducted the following …

Background Bundled payments offer a lump sum for management of particular conditions
over a specified period that has the potential to reduce health care payments. In addition …

Methods We analyzed retrospectively the effect on costs seen at our institution (St. Mary's
Health Center, Jefferson, City, MO, a 160-bed community hospital in a mid-sized middle …

Study Design: Review article. Objectives: There have been substantial increases in the
utilization of complex spinal surgery in the last 20 years. Spinal instrumented surgery is …

Study Design. Retrospective, economic analysis. Objective. The aim of this study was to
analyze the trend in hospital charge and payment adjusted to corresponding surgeon …