Relationship between the Charlson Comorbidity Index and cost of treating hip fractures: implications for bundled payment

Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 209-213

  Johnson, Daniel J ^a   Greenberg, Sarah E ^a   Sathiyakumar, Vasanth ^a   Thakore, Rachel ^a   Ehrenfeld, Jesse M ^a   Obremskey, William T ^a   Sethi, Manish K ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Charlson Comorbidity Index; Costs; Length of stay (LOS)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HIP FRACTURE; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VERY ELDERLY; CARE BUNDLE; COMPLICATION; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HIP FRACTURES; HIP REPLACEMENT; MIDDLE AGED;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE BUNDLES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 84940961620     PISSN: 15909921     EISSN: 15909999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10195-015-0337-z     Document Type: Article

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