Spinal fusion surgery use among adults with low back pain enrolled in a digital musculoskeletal program: an observational study

• Published in: BMC musculoskeletal disorders Vol. 25; no. 1; pp. 520 - 8
• Main Authors: Yadav, Sandhya, Gold, Laura S., Zaidi, Qasim Hassan, Hwang, Raymond, Lu, Louie, Wang, Grace
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 05.07.2024; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adult; Age groups; Back pain; Back surgery; Backache; Care and treatment; Codes; Comorbidity; Confounding (Statistics); Demographics; Diagnosis related groups; Digital MSK; DRGs; Female; Health care; Hospital costs; Humans; Low back pain; Low Back Pain - diagnosis; Low Back Pain - epidemiology; Low Back Pain - surgery; Lumbar fusion; Male; Medical care; Medical claims; Medical research; Medicine, Experimental; Methods; Middle Aged; Observational studies; Personal health; Physical therapy; Physical Therapy Modalities - statistics & numerical data; Physical Therapy Modalities - trends; Physiological aspects; Propensity Score; Retrospective Studies; Spinal fusion; Spinal Fusion - adverse effects; Spinal Fusion - statistics & numerical data; Spinal Fusion - trends; Statistics; Surgery; Technology application; Therapeutics, Physiological; Treatment Outcome; Utilization; United States; United States > US; Digital MSK; Lumbar fusion; Medical claims; Low back pain; Spinal fusion

To compare 12-month spinal fusion surgery rates in the setting of low back pain among digital musculoskeletal (MSK) program participants versus a comparison cohort who only received usual care. Retrospective cohort study with propensity score matched comparison cohort using commercial medical claims...