Bundled Payment Initiatives for Medicare and Non-Medicare Total Joint Arthroplasty Patients at a Community Hospital: Bundles in the Real World

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 353-355

  Doran, James P ^a   Zabinski, Stephen J ^b  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^b Division of Orthopaedic Surgery Shore Orthopaedic University Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Bundled payments; Community hospital; Healthcare reform; Medicare; Payment models; Total joint arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MEDICARE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; UNITED STATES; URINE RETENTION; WOUND COMPLICATION; ARTHROPLASTY; CARE BUNDLE; ECONOMICS; STANDARDS;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; EPISODE OF CARE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; MEDICARE; NEW JERSEY; PATIENT CARE BUNDLES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84924569310     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2015.01.035     Document Type: Article

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