Rates and Predictors of Surgery for Lumbar Disc Herniation Between the Military and Civilian Health Care Systems.
Ashley B AndersonNora L WatsonAlfred J PisanoChristopher J NealDonald J FredricksMelvin D HelgesonDaniel I BrooksScott C WagnerPublished in: Military medicine (2023)
The 1-year rate of surgery for LDH was modestly higher in beneficiaries who were diagnosed in purchased care versus direct care. Among patients who were diagnosed in direct care, several patient-level and facility-level characteristics were associated with receiving surgery in purchased care, suggesting potentially unexpected variation in care utilization across components of the MHS.