title: The death of spine surgery as we know it today.
authors.forename: James I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Ausman
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D005607:Fraud; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000191:economics* / Q000601:surgery*; D009493:Neurosurgery / Q000191:economics / Q000941:ethics; D010816:Physician Incentive Plans; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000191:economics* / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*