Early Emergency Department Visits are a Predictor of Increased Health Care Utilization Within 1 Year After Elective Spine Surgery for Degenerative Pathologies
While only ∼7% of patients visit the ED within 90 days of spine surgery, various patient-specific factors were predictive of this. As these patients are more likely to be high health care utilizers, attention should be garnered toward preoperative patient optimization.
Authors
- Srikanth N. Divi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5776-2044)
- Erik B. Gerlach (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5992-9119)
- Mark A. Plantz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1837-4639)
- Jacob Staub (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-2576-1446)
- Alpesh A. Patel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2193-4294)
- Wellington K. Hsu
Institutions
- Northwestern University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Spine Surgery A Spine Publication
- Published
- 2025-08-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/bsd.0000000000001870
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00