2023
Do Children With Medicaid Insurance Have Increased Revision Rates 5 Years After Posterior Spinal Fusions?
Moore H, Patibandla S, McClung A, Grauer J, Sucato D, Wise C, Johnson M, Rathjen K, McIntosh A, Ramo B, Brooks J. Do Children With Medicaid Insurance Have Increased Revision Rates 5 Years After Posterior Spinal Fusions? Journal Of Pediatric Orthopaedics 2023, 43: 615-619. PMID: 37694695, DOI: 10.1097/bpo.0000000000002504.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPosterior spinal fusionAdolescent idiopathic scoliosisMedicaid insurancePrivate insuranceRevision surgerySpinal fusionInternational ClassificationBaseline medical comorbiditiesKaplan-Meier analysisLog-rank testSegmental spinal instrumentationLong fusion constructsBaseline comorbiditiesIndependent t-testIndex surgeryMedical comorbiditiesPostoperative complicationsCause revisionCohort studyNinth RevisionAIS patientsRevision codesPrimary diagnosisHigh prevalenceMedicaid patients
2017
Access of Patients With Lumbar Disc Herniations to Spine Surgeons
Anandasivam NS, Wiznia DH, Kim CY, Save AV, Grauer JN, Pelker RR. Access of Patients With Lumbar Disc Herniations to Spine Surgeons. Spine 2017, 42: 1179-1183. PMID: 27902558, DOI: 10.1097/brs.0000000000002005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLumbar disc herniationMedicaid insuranceSpine surgeonsAppointment success rateDisc herniationInsurance typePatient accessPrivate insuranceMedicaid expansionProspective cohort studyDifferent insurance typesSuccess rateAccess of patientsCohort studyAffordable Care ActBACKGROUND DATAPatientsSpine careLumbar discAcceptance of insuranceReferralMedicaid eligibilitySurgeonsMedicaidCare Act