Economic burden of revision hip and knee arthroplasty in Medicare enrollees
KL Ong, FS Mowat, N Chan, E Lau… - Clinical Orthopaedics …, 2006 - journals.lww.com
The economic burden to Medicare due to revision arthroplasty procedures has not yet been
studied systematically. The economic burden of revisions was calculated as annual
reimbursements for revision arthroplasties relative to the sum total reimbursements of
primary and revision arthroplasties. We evaluated this revision burden for total hip and knee
arthroplasties through investigation of trends in charges and reimbursements in the
Medicare population (Parts A and B claims from 1997-2003), while taking into account age …
studied systematically. The economic burden of revisions was calculated as annual
reimbursements for revision arthroplasties relative to the sum total reimbursements of
primary and revision arthroplasties. We evaluated this revision burden for total hip and knee
arthroplasties through investigation of trends in charges and reimbursements in the
Medicare population (Parts A and B claims from 1997-2003), while taking into account age …