Healthcare infographic
The Growing Pain of Spinal Stenosis. Chart 1: Hospitalizations due to spinal ste…
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The Growing Pain of Spinal Stenosis. Chart 1: Hospitalizations due to spinal stenosis (Bar graph): 2003 (177,130), 2008 (216,400), 2012 (256,500). Chart 2: 2.2 million lumbar epidural steroid injections are performed each year in the Medicare population. Chart 3: One in four epidural steroid injections performed in the Medicare population is for spinal stenosis. Sources: AHRQ Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) data, www.ahrq.gov/… (first chart);…
