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CWCI: Fewer Spinal Fusions, Decline in Lower Joint Surgeries Caused Drop in Hospitalizations

Wednesday, November 11, 2020 | 0

California’s workers’ compensation system saw a steady decline in inpatient hospitalizations for injured workers over the past 10 years, thanks in large part to a drop in spinal fusions and lower extremity joint surgeries, according to a new study. The study, released Tuesday by the California Workers’ Compensation Institute, analyzed workers’ comp hospital stays from 2010 to 2019. Although workers’ comp was the smallest of the health care delivery systems analyzed, researchers found that the number of workers’ comp inpatient hospital stays dropped more th...

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