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[Agency] NIH [Project Title] VARIATION IN THE SAFETY OF BACK PAIN-RELATED SURGERY [Institution] DARTMOUTH COLLEGE [Amount] $496,570 [Summary] Compare differences in quality of care for back surgery across different hospitals and different surgeons by seeing how often a second operation is needed 30-days, 1-year, and 4-years after the initial operation as a quality indicator. The Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial, the largest ever back surgery study in which top surgeons and top hospitals performed surgery on carefully selected patients, sets the standard for how "safe" back surgery can be. We will see where back surgery safety falls short of the SPORT benchmarks, and which hospital factors and surgeon factors are associated with making back surgery less safe. [Completion/ Closing Date] 09/02/2010 [Link] link [Category] 
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