Publications by authors named "Viknesh Kasthuri"
Objectives: The effect of Medicaid expansion as a part of the Affordable Care Act on vestibular schwannoma (VS) incidence overall and in marginalized populations has not yet been elucidated. The goal of this study was to determine if Medicaid expansion was associated with increases in VS incidence overall, as well as in patients of non-white race or in counties of low socioeconomic status (SES).
Methods: We performed a difference-in-difference (DiD) analysis from January 1st 2010-December 31st 2017 utilizing the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database.
Background: As of 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requires all hospitals to publish their commercially negotiated prices. To our knowledge, price variation of spine oncology diagnosis and treatments has not been previously investigated.
Purpose: The aim of this study is to characterize the availability and variation of prices for spinal oncology services among National Cancer Institute-Designated Cancer Centers (NCI-DCC).
Background: In today's digital age, patients increasingly rely on online search engines for medical information. The integration of large language models such as GPT-4 into search engines such as Bing raises concerns over the potential transmission of misinformation when patients search for information online regarding spine surgery.
Methods: SearchResponse.
Background Context: With rising healthcare expenditures in the United States, patients and providers are searching to maintain quality while reducing costs.
Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate patient willingness to pay for anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF), degenerative lumbar spinal fusions (LF), and adult spine deformity (ASD) surgery.
Study Design/setting: A survey was developed and distributed to anonymous respondents through Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk).
Article Synopsis
- * Researchers collected 576 unique questions and categorized them by topic, discovering that technical details and activity restrictions were the most commonly sought information by users.
- * The findings highlight a prevalence of nonacademic sources (72%) for linked information, suggesting that surgeons should focus on these key topics during patient consultations and guide them to reliable resources.
Background: Ewing Sarcoma (ES) is an aggressive tumor affecting adolescents and young adults. Prior studies investigated the association between rurality and outcomes, although there is a paucity of literature focusing on ES.
Objective: This study aims to determine whether ES patients in rural areas are subject to adverse outcomes.