Improving Spine Models of Care.

Abstract

» Spine-related symptoms are leading to increasing volume and expenditure for the U.S. health-care system.» The network of care delivery for patients with spine-related symptoms is similarly increasing in complexity, leading to inefficiencies in care triage and delivery as well as occasionally discordant management.» Providers and health-care systems have been more recently organizing and adopting different models for delivery of care for these patients, with varying methods of patient screening, care options offered, and providers involved.» Patient population, provider preferences and availability, institutional infrastructure, and reimbursement and incentivization schemes have important implications with respect to the adoption of these differing models of care.