CWCI Study Shows Drop in California Workers’ Comp Hospital Stays and Spinal Surgeries
To measure and compare the use of inpatient services and procedures in the different systems, CWCI Senior Research Associate
In addition to tracking inpatient trends for
- The breakdown of surgical vs. medical (non-surgical) inpatient hospitalizations for each payer group;
- The top 10 inpatient discharges by diagnostic-related group (MS-DRGs) in
California workers’ compensation and what percentage of inpatient discharges they represent in the 3 other systems; - The breakdown of workers’ comp inpatient stays among the top 5 Major Diagnostic Categories (MDCs);
- The distribution of the top 10 workers’ comp discharges involving musculoskeletal MDCs and what proportion of inpatient stays they represent in the other payer groups;
- Changes in the number of implant-eligible spinal surgeries in workers’ comp and in the other systems; and
- The top 10 hospitals based on the share of their inpatient discharges that were covered by workers’ comp.
CWCI has published the results of the study in a CWCI Research Update report, “California Workers’ Compensation Inpatient Hospital Trends.” Institute members and subscribers can access the report at www.cwci.org and others can purchase it for
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