Variability in Costs Associated with Total Hip and Knee Replacement Implants
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Variability in costs associated with total hip and knee replacement implants.
BACKGROUND Implant costs associated with total hip replacement and total knee replacement procedures account for a large share of total costs and reimbursements to hospitals. Federal policymakers are promoting episode-of-care payment and other value-based delivery and payment reforms in part to encourage physicians and hospitals to cooperate in managing costs for these and other procedures. The...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0021-9355
DOI: 10.2106/jbjs.k.00355