Variation of medicare payments for total knee arthroplasty

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1513-1520

  Li, Yue ^a   Lu, Xin ^b   Wolf, Brian R ^b   Callaghan, John J ^b   Cram, Peter ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Medicare; Outlier payment; Payment; Revision TKA; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; URBAN AREA;

MEDICARE; OUTLIER PAYMENT; PAYMENT; REVISION TKA; TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; MALE; MEDICARE; REOPERATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885018680     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2013.06.001     Document Type: Article

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