Escalating Growth to Rapid Decline of Utilization Patterns of Facet Joint Interventions in Managing Spinal Pain in the Medicare Population: Updated Analysis of the Effect of Multiple Factors from 2000 To 2022.
This retrospective analysis reveals a substantial decline in facet joint intervention episodes, with an overall decrease of 21.2% per 100,000 Medicare beneficiaries and an annual decline rate of 7.6% for episodes from 2019 to 2022.
Authors
- Alan D. Kaye (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2464-0187)
- Alaa A Abd-Elsayed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9890-7860)
- Devi E. Nampiaparampil (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7577-3890)
- Mahendra Sanapati (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1047-0765)
- Nebojša Nick Knežević (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8028-1495)
- Vidyasagar Pampati
- Amol Soin
- Joshua A Hirsch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9594-8798)
- Laxmaiah Manchikanti
- Christopher Gharibo
Institutions
- Wisconsin Department of Health Services (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
- Pain Management Centers Of America (US)
- University of Wisconsin Health (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PubMed
- Published
- 2024-12-01
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.27