Total Joint Arthroplasty: Trends in Medicare Reimbursement and Implant Prices

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1539-1544

  Belatti, Daniel A ^a   Pugely, Andrew J ^a   Phisitkul, Phinit ^a   Amendola, Annunziato ^a   Callaghan, John J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Economics; Medicare; Reimbursement; Total joint arthroplasty; Trends; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CODING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DATA BASE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANT; PHYSICIAN INCOME; REIMBURSEMENT; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

ECONOMICS; MEDICARE; REIMBURSEMENT; TOTAL JOINT ARTHROPLASTY; TRENDS; UTILIZATION;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MEDICARE PART A; MEDICARE PART B; ORTHOPEDICS; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; REOPERATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84905079361     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2014.03.015     Document Type: Article

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