Medicare Spending and Evidence-Based Approach in Surgical Treatment of Thumb Carpometacarpal Joint Arthritis: 2001 to 2010

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 137, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 980e-989e

  Mahmoudi, Elham ^a   Yuan, Frank ^a   Lark, Meghan E ^a   Aliu, Oluseyi ^a   Chung, Kevin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CARPOMETACARPAL JOINT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; JOINT LIGAMENT; MALE; MEDICARE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TENDON; THUMB; TRANSPLANTATION; TRAPEZIUM BONE; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARPOMETACARPAL JOINTS; COST SAVINGS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MALE; MEDICARE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; TENDONS; THUMB; TRAPEZIUM BONE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84970951426     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000002156     Document Type: Article

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