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      Is Length of Stay Influenced by the Weekday On Which Lumbar Surgery is Performed?

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          Reducing length of stay (LOS) in a safe manner has the potential to save significant costs for the care of patients undergoing elective lumbar spine surgery. Due to the relative absence on weekends of staff required for discharging patients to rehabilitation or nursing facilities, we hypothesize that patients undergoing lumbar surgery later in the week have a longer LOS than their counterparts.

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          Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Neurosurgery
          Title: Neurosurgery
          Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
          ISSN (Electronic): 1524-4040
          ISSN (Print): 0148-396X
          Publication date (Electronic): October 01 2019
          Volume: 85
          Issue: 4
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Department of Orthopedics Surgery and Neurological Surgery, Vanderbilt Spine Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
          [2 ] Department of Neurological Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
          [3 ] Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee.
          [4 ] Department of Neurological Surgery, Carolina Neurosurgery and Spine Associates and Neurological Institute, Carolinas Healthcare System, Charlotte, North Carolina.
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          Publisher Item ID: 5079173
          DOI: 10.1093/neuros/nyy382
          PubMed ID: 30165453
          SO-VID: 373364b0-860d-4c03-80e6-7e2ac35ef3c6
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          Keywords: Quality and outcomes database,Weekday,Length of stay,Elective lumbar spine
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          Keywords: Quality and outcomes database, Weekday, Length of stay, Elective lumbar spine

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