Opportunities for control of hospital costs for total joint arthroplasty after initial cost containment

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 504-507

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

^a LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospital cost control programs; Total joint arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 0031823683     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-5403(98)90048-1     Document Type: Article

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