Price Variability for Hip and Knee Replacement Implants

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  • James C. Robinson
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The following issue brief is a shortened version of a full-length article published by the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (" Variability in Costs associated with Total Hip and knee replacement Implants. The US health care system is struggling to moderate growth in spending while maintaining quality-improving innovation in diagnostic and therapeutic interventions. attention is being focused on procedures that are experiencing rapid growth in volume and cost per case, including total joint replacement of the hip and knee, which already constitute the largest hospital expenditure category for Medicare. Procedure volumes continue to grow as the population ages and the indications are expanded to include younger, more active patients. Implant costs make up the largest expense associated with hip and knee replacement procedures, and the average selling prices of hip and knee implants

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تاریخ انتشار 2013