Anxiety but not Depression Is Associated With Increased Health Care Utilization Following Lumbar Fusion
Patients undergoing single-level lumbar fusion have varying levels of health care utilization, with a prior diagnosis of anxiety likely to drive higher costs.
Authors
- Raymond Hwang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6508-3148)
- Ruijia Niu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2485-0192)
- Andrew Y. Powers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3156-7777)
- David C. Chang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1414-1280)
- Darren Z. Nin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6843-863X)
- David H. Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4829-5103)
- Ya–Wen Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3149-9871)
Institutions
- Tufts University (US)
- Rush University Medical Center (US)
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (US)
- New England Baptist Hospital (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Spine Surgery A Spine Publication
- Published
- 2025-05-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/bsd.0000000000001783
- Primary Topic
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00