Effect of evidence and changes in reimbursement on the rate of arthroscopy for osteoarthritis

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1039-1043

  Holmes, Robert ^a   Moschetti, Wayne ^a   Martin, Brook ^a,b   Tomek, Ivan ^a,c   Finlayson, Samuel ^c,d  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthroscopy; Evidence based medicine; Osteoarthritis; Placebo

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ECONOMICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; REIMBURSEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; UNITED STATES;

PLACEBO;

ARTHROSCOPY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PLACEBO;

EID: 84879469029     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546513479771     Document Type: Article

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