| Literature DB >> 25267535 |
Benedict U Nwachukwu1, Frank McCormick2, Matthew T Provencher3, Martin Roche1, Harry E Rubash3.
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine annual Medicare utilization and hospital reimbursement rates for total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and total hip arthroplasty (THA). A PearlDiver review of the entire Medicare database was conducted: 2,040,667 TKAs and 855, 899 THAs performed between 2005 and 2011 were identified. There was a +0.05% and +1.3% year over year growth in the utilization in hospital reimbursement for TKA and THA respectively. There has only been a modest increase in joint arthroplasty utilization for Medicare beneficiaries. Supply side issues, insurance mix and possible prior over-projection may explain this finding. Reimbursement trends suggest that joint arthroplasty may not be a major cost driver for the healthcare system.Entities:
Keywords: United States; economics; medicare; total hip arthroplasty; total knee arthroplasty; utilization
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Year: 2014 PMID： 25267535 DOI： 10.1016/j.arth.2014.08.025
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Arthroplasty ISSN： 0883-5403 Impact factor: 4.757