Opportunities for control of hospital cost for total knee arthroplasty

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 345, Issue , 1997, Pages 140-147

  Healy, William L ^a   Iorio, Richard ^a   Richards, Julie A ^a  

^a LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; COST CONTROL; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION; MEDICARE; OPERATING ROOM; PHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; RECOVERY ROOM; REIMBURSEMENT; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 0031442026     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-199712000-00019     Document Type: Conference Paper

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