Comparing the Treatment Algorithm and Complications for Patients Undergoing an Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion at a Physician-Owned Specialty Hospital and a University-Owned Tertiary Care Hospital.
Publication/Presentation Date
1-1-2017
Abstract
The purpose of this case-control study is to compare the treatment algorithm and complication rate for patients who undergo an anterior cervical discectomy and fusion at a physician-owned specialty hospital to those who undergo surgery at a university-owned tertiary care hospital. Two controls were identified for 77 patients, and no differences in demographic data were identified. The median time between the onset of symptoms and surgery was shorter for patients who had surgery at the tertiary care center than for patients who had surgery at the specialty hospital (26.7 weeks vs 32.7 weeks, P = .0004). Furthermore, a higher percentage of patients who had surgery at the specialty hospital attempted nonoperative treatments than patients who underwent surgery at the tertiary care hospital.
Volume
32
Issue
2
First Page
208
Last Page
214
ISSN
1555-824X
Published In/Presented At
Schroeder, G. D., Kurd, M. F., Kepler, C. K., Radcliff, K. E., Rihn, J. A., Anderson, D. G., Hilibrand, A. S., & Vaccaro, A. R. (2017). Comparing the Treatment Algorithm and Complications for Patients Undergoing an Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion at a Physician-Owned Specialty Hospital and a University-Owned Tertiary Care Hospital. American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality, 32(2), 208–214. https://doi.org/10.1177/1062860615619691
Disciplines
Business Administration, Management, and Operations | Health and Medical Administration | Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
PubMedID
26721252
Department(s)
Administration and Leadership
Document Type
Article