Private and Non-Private Disc Herniation Patients: Do they Differ?

Objectives: In the 2006 yearly report from the Swedish National Register for Lumbar Spine Surgery it was claimed that international studies show obvious differences between private and non-private patients with regard to results from back surgery. Therefore our aim was to reveal such possible differences by comparing the two categories of patients at a private clinic.

Material And Methods: The material comprises 1184 patients operated on for lumbar disc herniation during the period of 1987 to 2007.