Cost consequence analysis of waiting for lumbar disc herniation surgery

Abstract The economic repercussions of waiting for lumbar disc surgery have not been well studied. The primary goal of this study was to perform a cost-consequence analysis of patients receiving early vs late surgery for symptomatic disc herniation from a societal perspective. Secondarily, we compar...

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Main Authors: Charlotte Dandurand, Mohammad Sadegh Mashayekhi, Greg McIntosh, Supriya Singh, Jerome Paquet, Hasaan Chaudhry, Edward Abraham, Christopher S. Bailey, Michael H. Weber, Michael G. Johnson, Andrew Nataraj, Najmedden Attabib, Adrienne Kelly, Hamilton Hall, Y. Raja Rampersaud, Neil Manson, Philippe Phan, Ken Thomas, Charles Fisher, Raphaele Charest-Morin, Alex Soroceanu, Bernard LaRue, Nicolas Dea
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-31029-5