Cost analysis of primary single-level lumbar discectomies using the Value Driven Outcomes database in a large academic center

• Published in: The spine journal Vol. 21; no. 8; pp. 1309 - 1317
• Main Authors: Mordhorst, Trevor R., Jalali, Ali, Nelson, Richard, Brodke, Darrel S., Spina, Nicholas, Spiker, William R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.08.2021
• Subjects: Cost analysis; Demographic variables; Lumbar discectomy; Spine surgery; Value; Value Driven Outcomes; VDO; Demographic variables; VDO; Spine surgery; Value; Value Driven Outcomes; Cost analysis; Lumbar discectomy

Improving value is an established point of emphasis to reduce the rapidly rising health care costs in the United States. Back pain is a major driver of costs with a substantial fraction caused by lumbar radiculopathy. The most common surgical treatment for lumbar radiculopathy is microdiscectomy. Re...