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William V Padula1, Gabriel A Smith, Zachary Gordon

  • 1From the Department of Pharmaceutical and Health Economics, Mann School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (Padula), Division Chief of Neurosurgery, University Hospitals, St. John and Southwest General Medical Centers, Cleveland, OH (Smith), Department of Neurosurgery, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (Smith), Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH (Gordon), Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH (Gordon), and Schools of Medicine, Nursing, and Management, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (Pronovost).

概括

脊柱手术的进步提高了疗效,但并不总是有效,导致昂贵的并发症和浪费. 将患者转移到卓越中心可以减少对脊柱外科手术缺陷的医疗保健支出.