Medicare Reimbursement for Total Joint Arthroplasty: The Driving Forces
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An analysis of medicare payment policy for total joint arthroplasty.
Medicare facility payment policy for lower extremity total joint arthroplasty (TJA) has undergone extensive changes since 2005. The purpose of this study was to compare patient and procedure characteristics and resource use among TJA procedures and to identify predictors of resource use in TJA. Clinical, demographic, and economic data were analyzed from 6483 primary or revision TJA patients fro...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0021-9355,1535-1386
DOI: 10.2106/jbjs.15.00599