Patient-specific Risk Factors Increase Episode of Care Costs After Lumbar Decompression.
Nicholas D D'AntonioMark J LambrechtsDelano TrenchfieldMatthew ShermanBrian A KaramianDonald J FredericksPayton BoereNicholas SiegelKhoa TranJose A CansecoIan David KayeJeffrey RihnBarrett I WoodsAlan S HilibrandChristopher K KeplerAlexander R VaccaroGregory D SchroederPublished in: Clinical spine surgery (2023)
Increased age, comorbid depression, revision decompression procedures, increased hospital length of stay, discharge to an inpatient rehabilitation facility, and incidence of a complication and readmission within 90 days were all associated with increased total episodes of care costs.