The impact of medicare reimbursement policies on simultaneous bilateral total hip and knee arthroplasty

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-34

  Della Valle, Craig J ^a   Idjadi, Jeremy ^a   Hiebert, Rudi N ^b   Jaffe, William L ^a,b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthroplasty; Hip; Knee; Reimbursement; Simultaneous

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; REIMBURSEMENT; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 0037257983     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/arth.2003.50014     Document Type: Article

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