Cost burden of 30-day readmissions following medicare total hip and knee arthroplasty

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 903-905

  Bosco, Joseph A ^a   Karkenny, Alexa J ^a   Hutzler, Lorraine H ^a   Slover, James D ^a   Iorio, Richard ^a  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute care episode; Readmission; Readmission burden; Revision; Total hip arthroplasty; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; REIMBURSEMENT; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

ACUTE CARE EPISODE; READMISSION; READMISSION BURDEN; REVISION; TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY; TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; COST OF ILLNESS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICARE; PATIENT READMISSION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84899112334     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2013.11.006     Document Type: Article

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