Linking American Spine Registry and Medicare Data
This study demonstrates that integrating patient-identified Medicare data with the ASR provides a more comprehensive assessment of outcomes for lumbar spinal fusion surgery as demonstrated through an analysis of 8755 spondylolisthesis cases. These findings, establish the importance of multisource data linkage to overcome the limitations of single-source registries, thereby enhancing data quality for clinical decision-making and quality improvement in spinal surgery.
Authors
- Mladen Djurasovic
- Steven D. Glassman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5488-9357)
- Mohamad Bydon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0543-396X)
- Kimberly R. Porter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9698-4192)
- Aleeza Safdar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-7573-529X)
- Ayushmita De (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0113-3924)
- Anthony L. Asher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3596-3849)
- Jayson Murray
Institutions
- Mayo Clinic (US)
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (US)
- Norton Healthcare (US)
- WinnMed (US)
- Carolina Neurosurgery and Spine Associates (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Spine
- Published
- 2025-01-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/brs.0000000000005273
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.26