A comprehensive analysis of medicare trends in utilization and hospital economics for total knee and hip arthroplasty from 2005 to 2011

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 15-18

  Nwachukwu, Benedict U ^a   McCormick, Frank ^b   Provencher, Matthew T ^c   Roche, Martin ^a   Rubash, Harry E ^c  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b HOLY CROSS ORTHOPEDIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Economics; Medicare; Total hip arthroplasty; Total knee arthroplasty; United states; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; REIMBURSEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ECONOMICS, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84916604779     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2014.08.025     Document Type: Article

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