Indicator 15: Laminectomy and/or spinal fusion rate
Type: Area level utilization
Definition: Area level. Number of laminectomies per 100,000 population.
Precision: Provider Level Provider Signal
 MeanStd DevStd Dev (1)Share (2)Univariate Ratio (3)MSX R2 (4)
     Unadjusted0.0013900.0034750.0013280.0010200.9670.967
     Demographics--0.0013200.0010090.9670.967

From: APPENDIX 7, Empirical Evaluation Results Tables

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