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Outpatient spine surgery is increasing due to cost containment pressures and offers higher perioperative efficiency, though judicious patient selection is advised to optimize outcomes.
Outpatient spine surgery is increasing due to cost containment and efficiency, but requires judicious patient selection.
Requires judicious selection for outpatient spine surgery; leaves open optimal candidate criteria.
Because of the increasing pressure to contain health-care-related costs, the number of spinal surgeries performed in the outpatient setting has significantly increased. The higher perioperative efficiency and greater predictability of associated costs offer significant incentives for payers and providers to move surgical procedures into the outpatient setting. Nonetheless, judicious patient selection is advised to optimize outcomes.
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Ahn et al. (2016) conducted a review in Spinal surgeries. Outpatient spine surgery was evaluated. Outpatient spine surgery is increasing due to cost containment pressures and offers higher perioperative efficiency, though judicious patient selection is advised to optimize outcomes.
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