title: Current Trends in Outpatient Spine Surgery.
abstract: Because of the increasing pressure to contain health-care-related costs, the number of spinal surgeries performed in the outpatient setting has significantly increased. The higher perioperative efficiency and greater predictability of associated costs offer significant incentives for payers and providers to move surgical procedures into the outpatient setting. Nonetheless, judicious patient selection is advised to optimize outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL.
authors.forename: Junyoung
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.forename: Daniel D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Bohl
authors.forename: Ehsan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tabaraee
authors.forename: Bryce A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Basques
authors.forename: Kern
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends*; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006801:Humans; D010045:Outpatients / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*