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A socioeconomic survey of spinal cord stimulation (SCS) surgery.

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Lad, SP; Kalanithi, PS; Arrigo, RT; Patil, CG; Nathan, JK; Boakye, M; Henderson, JM
Published in: Neuromodulation
October 2010

OBJECTIVE: We evaluated trends in inpatient spinal cord stimulation (SCS) for the 14-year period from 1993 to 2006. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We utilized the Nationwide Inpatient Sample data base from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. RESULTS: A total of 57,486 patients underwent inpatient placement of SCS systems from 1993 to 2006. Length of stay steadily decreased from 4.0 days in 1993 to 2.1 days in 2006. Average cost increased from $15,342 in 1993 to nearly $58,088 in 2006. The National Bill for SCS surgery in 2006 alone totaled nearly $215MM. Medicare accounted for 35% of payers, while private insurance accounted for 41% of claims. CONCLUSIONS: Given the expense of these systems, it is important to assess not only the efficacy of novel neuromodulatory interventions, but also their cost. Future studies should be designed with these important outcome measures in mind.

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Published In

Neuromodulation

DOI

EISSN

1525-1403

Publication Date

October 2010

Volume

13

Issue

4

Start / End Page

265 / 268

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
  • 3209 Neurosciences
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
  • 1109 Neurosciences
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences
 

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Lad, S. P., Kalanithi, P. S., Arrigo, R. T., Patil, C. G., Nathan, J. K., Boakye, M., & Henderson, J. M. (2010). A socioeconomic survey of spinal cord stimulation (SCS) surgery. Neuromodulation, 13(4), 265–268. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-1403.2010.00292.x
Lad, Shivanand P., Paul S. Kalanithi, Robert T. Arrigo, Chirag G. Patil, Jay K. Nathan, Maxwell Boakye, and Jaimie M. Henderson. “A socioeconomic survey of spinal cord stimulation (SCS) surgery.Neuromodulation 13, no. 4 (October 2010): 265–68. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-1403.2010.00292.x.
Lad SP, Kalanithi PS, Arrigo RT, Patil CG, Nathan JK, Boakye M, et al. A socioeconomic survey of spinal cord stimulation (SCS) surgery. Neuromodulation. 2010 Oct;13(4):265–8.
Lad, Shivanand P., et al. “A socioeconomic survey of spinal cord stimulation (SCS) surgery.Neuromodulation, vol. 13, no. 4, Oct. 2010, pp. 265–68. Pubmed, doi:10.1111/j.1525-1403.2010.00292.x.
Lad SP, Kalanithi PS, Arrigo RT, Patil CG, Nathan JK, Boakye M, Henderson JM. A socioeconomic survey of spinal cord stimulation (SCS) surgery. Neuromodulation. 2010 Oct;13(4):265–268.
Journal cover image

Published In

Neuromodulation

DOI

EISSN

1525-1403

Publication Date

October 2010

Volume

13

Issue

4

Start / End Page

265 / 268

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
  • 3209 Neurosciences
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
  • 1109 Neurosciences
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences