Mandatory medicare bundled payment program for lower extremity joint replacement and discharge to institutional postacute care interim analysis of the first year of a 5-year randomized trial

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 320, Issue 9, 2018, Pages 892-900

  Finkelstein, Amy ^a,e   Ji, Yunan ^b   Mahoney, Neale ^a,c   Skinner, Jonathan ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE MIX; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLE ANALYSIS; LOWER LIMB; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT VOLUME; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPLACEMENT ARTHROPLASTY; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HIP REPLACEMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; KNEE REPLACEMENT; LONG TERM CARE; NURSING HOME; PATIENT CARE; REHABILITATION; REHABILITATION CENTER; REIMBURSEMENT; SUBACUTE CARE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); ECONOMICS, HOSPITAL; EPISODE OF CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICARE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REHABILITATION CENTERS; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; SUBACUTE CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85053019672     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2018.12346     Document Type: Article

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