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Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® 3/2017

01-03-2017 | Pearls

Shelf Pricing for Distal Radius Fracture Implants

Author: Pedro K. Beredjiklian, MD

Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® | Issue 3/2017

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With ongoing efforts to improve value in orthopaedic surgery, there is a growing focus on the costs associated with the delivery of medical care. For example, the recent introduction of bundled-care payment programs for total joint arthroplasty represents an effort by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and other insurers to hold the physician financially accountable [1]. Of the total expenditures in orthopaedic surgery, implants are by far the largest contributor, with some studies estimating the implant to account for up to 87% of the total cost of the surgical procedure [4]. …
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Metadata
Title
Shelf Pricing for Distal Radius Fracture Implants
Author
Pedro K. Beredjiklian, MD
Publication date
01-03-2017
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® / Issue 3/2017
Print ISSN: 0009-921X
Electronic ISSN: 1528-1132
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-016-5165-9

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