Cost of joint replacement using bundled payment models
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Research brief (Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics)
- Author(s):
- Navathe, Amol S., author Troxel, Andrea B., author Liao, Joshua M., author Nan, Nan, author Zhu, Jingsan, author Zhong, Wenjun, author Emanuel, Ezekiel J., author
- Contributor(s):
- Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, issuing body.
- Publication:
- Philadelphia, PA : Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, January 3, 2017
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee -- economics Episode of Care Insurance, Health, Reimbursement -- economics Medicare -- economics Reimbursement Mechanisms -- economics Cost Savings Economics, Hospital Models, Economic Humans United States Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (U.S.)
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Key Findings: Medicare bundled payments for joint replacement produced significant savings for a hospital system and reduced Medicare payments. The savings were driven by reductions in implant cost and in post-acute care spending.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (2 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101698617 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101698617