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Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research®
Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® 12/2014

01-12-2014 | CORR Insights

CORR Insights®: Comorbidities in Patients Undergoing Total Knee Arthroplasty: Do They Influence Hospital Costs and Length of Stay?

Author: Michael L. Parks, MD

Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® | Issue 12/2014

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Comorbid conditions are associated with longer hospital stays and increased costs in TKA. Hospital and physician payments from Medicare have remained relatively fixed and do not include recognition of individual patient factors, which may significantly affect outcomes. With increasing national expenditures associated with increased numbers of TKAs performed annually, efforts to reduce costs through cuts in reimbursement must include consideration of the impact of comorbid conditions on resource utilization and length of stay after total joint arthroplasty. …
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Title
CORR Insights®: Comorbidities in Patients Undergoing Total Knee Arthroplasty: Do They Influence Hospital Costs and Length of Stay?
Author
Michael L. Parks, MD
Publication date
01-12-2014
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® / Issue 12/2014
Print ISSN: 0009-921X
Electronic ISSN: 1528-1132
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-014-3984-0

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