More than 75% of respondents agreed or strongly agreed with these five statements.
| Questions in which > 75% of respondents agreed or strongly agreed | Percent who agree or strongly agree |
|---|---|
| Despite the limited compensation I ultimately receive from treating Medicare patients, I feel a moral obligation to treat these patients. | 84.6% |
| Physicians at tertiary referral centers will be viewed as more aggressive in performing fusion and complex fusion without information such as comorbidities and percent of cases that are referred revisions. | 76.9% |
| I am in favor of more transparency in quality and in management of healthcare costs. | 86.2% |
| Without data on long-term cost of care, the CMS data does not represent spine surgery accurately because there are high initial expenditures. | 83.1% |
| Because of the complexity of this database, patients are less likely to use this data, and it is more likely to be used by special interest groups and malpractice attorneys | 78.5% |