title: Meeting challenges for spine costs.
authors.forename: Pat
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Patterson
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D006801:Humans; D009873:Operating Rooms / Q000191:economics; D019736:Prostheses and Implants / Q000191:economics; D013131:Spine / Q000601:surgery*; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000191:economics*