The effect of severity of illness on total joint arthroplasty costs across new york state hospitals: An analysis of 172,738 cases

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 12-14

  Adrados, Murillo ^a   Lajam, Claudette ^a   Hutzler, Lorraine ^a   Slover, James ^a   Bosco, Joseph ^a  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; Joint arthroplasty; Severity of disease; Total hip arthroplasty; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUDGET; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; UNITED STATES; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL COST; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; NEW YORK; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84916631823     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2014.08.013     Document Type: Article

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