Healthcare utilization and costs for spinal conditions in Ontario, Canada - opportunities for funding high-value care: a retrospective cohort study. Spinal conditions place a large and costly burden on the health-care system. The disproportionate annual cost associated with ED visits represents a potential opportunity to redirect costs to fund more clinically and cost-effective models of care for nontraumatic spinal conditions.
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