Health: Study: Riskier surgeries for back pain raise costs (AP)

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Study: Riskier surgeries for back pain raise costs
    (AP)

 

AP - A study of Medicare patients shows that costlier, more complex spinal fusion surgeries are on the rise — and sometimes done unnecessarily — for a common lower back condition caused by aging and arthritis.


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