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CORR Insights^®: Medical Services and Associated Costs Vary Widely Among Surgeons Treating Patients With Hand Osteoarthritis

Author: Lana Kang, MD

Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® | Issue 3/2015

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Our profession must demonstrate that the costs of the care we provide are well justified. Becker and colleagues thoroughly examine this issue in the context of hand osteoarthritis. By assessing several variables relevant to patients receiving treatment for hand osteoarthritis against the Medicare costs incurred, this study measures cost variability and identifies predictors of increased expenditure. Their investigation is solid in design and methodology, and yet there are some clinically relevant questions that we still need to explore for future studies. …

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Title: CORR Insights®: Medical Services and Associated Costs Vary Widely Among Surgeons Treating Patients With Hand Osteoarthritis
Author: Lana Kang, MD
Publication date: 01-03-2015
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® / Issue 3/2015
Print ISSN: 0009-921X
Electronic ISSN: 1528-1132
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-014-4010-2

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