PMC full text:
JAMA. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2010 Oct 7.
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JAMA. 2010 Apr 7; 303(13): 1259–1265.
Figure 1
Rates of surgical procedures for lumbar stenosis per 100,000 Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 and older, age and sex adjusted by the direct method to the 2002 population.*
*Excludes patients enrolled under Social Security Disability Income, End Stage Renal Disease, or Health Maintenance Organizations.