Predicting Occurrence of Spine Surgery Complications Using "Big Data" Modeling of an Administrative Claims Database.

Background: Postoperative metrics are increasingly important in determining standards of quality for physicians and hospitals. Although complications following spinal surgery have been described, procedural and patient variables have yet to be incorporated into a predictive model of adverse-event oc...

Full description

Bibliographic Details

Published in:	Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, American Volume Vol. 98; no. 10; pp. 824 - 835
Main Authors:	Ratliff, John K., Balise, Ray, Veeravagu, Anand, Cole, Tyler S., Ivan Cheng, Olshen, Richard A., Lu Tian, Cheng, Ivan, Tian, Lu
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 5/18/2016
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost