Standardizing Care and Improving Quality under a Bundled Payment Initiative for Total Joint Arthroplasty

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1676-1682

  Froemke, Cecily C ^a   Wang, Lian ^a   DeHart, Matthew L ^a   Williamson, Ronda K ^a   Ko, Laura Matsen ^b,c   Duwelius, Paul J ^b  

^a Providence Health and Services   (United States)

^b PROVIDENCE ST VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bundled payment; Care pathway; Gainsharing; Reimbursement; THA; TKA

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; BUNDLED PAYMENT; COOPERATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REIMBURSEMENT; SELF CARE; WESTERN ONTARIO AND MCMASTER UNIVERSITIES OSTEOARTHRITIS INDEX; ADULT; COST; ECONOMICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; KNEE REPLACEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; REPLACEMENT ARTHROPLASTY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; EPISODE OF CARE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84941879135     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2015.04.028     Document Type: Article

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