title: Lumbar fusion or no fusion: what is the evidence?
authors.forename: Ron
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pawl
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D003657:Decision Making; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D017048:Health Care Costs / Q000639:trends; D017722:Hospital Charges; D006801:Humans; D007349:Insurance, Health, Reimbursement; D007796:Laminectomy; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000601:surgery*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics*; D010816:Physician Incentive Plans; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012307:Risk Factors; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States