The incremental hospital cost and length-of-stay associated with treating adverse events among medicare beneficiaries undergoing TKA

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 19-25

  Culler, Steven D ^a   Jevsevar, David S ^b   Shea, Kevin G ^c,d   Wright, Kimberly K ^e   Simon, April W ^e  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c Center for Pancreatic Disease   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Cardiac Data Solutions Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Hospital cost; Length of stay; Medicare beneficiaries; TKA

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGED; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEMATOMA; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; KNEE PROSTHESIS; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; MEDICARE; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84916638827     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2014.08.023     Document Type: Article

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