Association between limited primary care access and higher readmissions and reoperations following elective lumbar fusion
The authors' results suggest that access to a primary care provider could be an underlying driver of disparities in lumbar fusion surgery complications. Utilization of this novel metric might serve as a useful tool for preoperative risk stratification and represent an opportunity for optimization to minimize unplanned readmissions.
Authors
- Lucia Juarez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3488-7661)
- Sasha Howell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6822-4383)
- Jovanna A. Tracz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7233-8962)
- Jakub Godzik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0645-6212)
- James Mooney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1897-1879)
- Yifei Sun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9003-4137)
- Anil Mahavadi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9334-2602)
- Nicholas M. B. Laskay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5250-6458)
- Mohammad Hamo
- B. Grey Vandeberg
Institutions
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- University of Alabama at Birmingham (US)
- Neurological Surgery (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Neurosurgery Spine
- Published
- 2025-10-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3171/2025.6.spine2517
- Primary Topic
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00