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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 2.
Published in final edited form as: Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2006 Nov 1;31(23):2707–2714. doi: 10.1097/01.brs.0000248132.15231.fe

Figure 5.

Figure 5

The Relationship Between Rates of Lumbar Discectomy/Laminectomy in 1992–93 and 2002–03

The 45 degree line represents equality between rates; if the dot representing an HRR is located above the line, enrollees in that HRR experienced higher rates of utilization in 200203 than in 199293.