Open AccessImpact of insurance on hospital course and readmission after resection of benign meningioma
Author(s) -
Blake M. Hauser,
Saksham Gupta,
Edward Xu,
Kyle Wu,
Joshua D. Bernstock,
Melissa Chua,
Ayaz Khawaja,
Timothy R. Smith,
Ian F. Dunn,
Regan W. Bergmark,
Wenya Linda Bi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of neuro-oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.256
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 1573-7373
pISSN - 0167-594X
DOI - 10.1007/s11060-020-03581-x
Subject(s) - medicaid , medicine , meningioma , health insurance , confounding , resection , emergency medicine , surgery , health care , economics , economic growth
Surgical outcomes and healthcare utilization have been shown to vary based on patient insurance status. We analyzed whether patients' insurance affects case urgency for and readmission after craniotomy for meningioma resection, using benign meningioma as a model system to minimize confounding from the disease-related characteristics of other neurosurgical pathologies.