title: Spinal cages: managing the costs.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Patterson
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D005375:Financial Audit; D017721:Hospital Costs / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D007349:Insurance, Health, Reimbursement; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics; D017008:Negotiating; D009873:Operating Rooms / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation / Q000191:economics*; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000191:economics* / Q000379:methods; D014481:United States