Comparing Clinical and Patient-Reported Outcomes After Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion Among Patients Aged 65 and Older Based on Insurance Type
Medicare status does not appear to impact short-term adverse outcomes or 1-year revision among elderly ACDF patients. Neither Medicare nor Medicare Advantage insurance was independently predictive of worse improvement on VAS arm or mJOA scores when controlling for relevant confounders.
Authors
- Sabrina Natalí Ortiz
- Jarod Olson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3523-1680)
- W. Ross Green
- Robert J. Oris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8743-0860)
- I. David Kaye
- Alec M Giakas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0082-1648)
- DK Thomas
- Abhi Bhamidipati
- Omar H. Tarawneh
- Mitchell Ng
- Yulia Lee
- Logan Witt
- Mark Miller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4936-2832)
- Michael Carter
- Matthew H. Meade
- John J. Mangan
- Mark F. Kurd
- Matthew Titus
- Alexander R. Vaccaro
- Jose A. Canseco
- Gregory D. Schroeder
- Jonathan Dalton
- Rajkishen Narayanan
- Christopher K. Kepler
- Joshua Mathew
- Alan S. Hilibrand
Institutions
- Thomas Jefferson University (US)
- Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (US)
- Rothman Orthopaedics (US)
- Rothman Institute (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Spine Surgery A Spine Publication
- Published
- 2026-01-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/bsd.0000000000002024
- Primary Topic
- Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00