11. Predicting disability and pain outcomes one year after elective surgery for degenerative cervical diseases: analysis from quality outcomes database

In the current era of value-based health care reform, engaging patients in shared decision-making for treatment planning is imperative. Predictive models capable of providing individualized predictions of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) following cervical spine surgery have the potential to be valuable tools for a shared decision-making process.

Source: The Spine Journal - August 23, 2019 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Inamullah Khan, Clinton J. Devin, Hui Nian, Frank E. Harrell, Jacquelyn S. Pennings, Mohamad Bydon, Ahilan Sivaganesan, Kristin R. Archer Source Type: research