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Hospital Readmission and Costs of Total Knee Replacement Surgery in 2009 and 2014: Potential Implications for Health Care Managers.

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Cary, MP; Goode, V; Crego, N; Thornlow, D; Colón-Emeric, C; van Houtven, C; Merwin, EI

Published in: Health Care Manag (Frederick)

2019

The purpose of this article is to describe changes in hospital readmissions and costs for US hospital patients who underwent total knee replacement (TKR) in 2009 and 2014. Data came from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project net-Nationwide Readmissions Database. Compared with 2009, overall 30-day rates of readmissions after TKR decreased by 15% in 2014. Rates varied by demographics: readmission rates were lower for younger patients, males, Medicare recipients, and those with higher incomes. Overall, costs rose 20% across TKR groups. This report is among the first to describe changes in hospital readmissions and costs for TKR patients in a national sample of US acute care hospitals. Findings offer hospital managers a mechanism to benchmark their facilities' performances.

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Author Elizabeth Merwin School of Nursing

Author Michael Paul Cary School of Nursing

Author Nancy Crego School of Nursing

Author Deirdre KIing Thornlow School of Nursing

Author Cathleen Sellner Colon-Emeric Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Care

Author Courtney Harold Van Houtven Population Health Sciences

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Health Care Manag (Frederick)

DOI

10.1097/HCM.0000000000000246

EISSN

1550-512X

Publication Date

2019

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Issue

Start / End Page

24 / 28

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

United States
Sex Factors
Retrospective Studies
Patient Readmission
Nursing
Middle Aged
Medicare
Male
Length of Stay
Humans

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Cary, M. P., Goode, V., Crego, N., Thornlow, D., Colón-Emeric, C., van Houtven, C., & Merwin, E. I. (2019). Hospital Readmission and Costs of Total Knee Replacement Surgery in 2009 and 2014: Potential Implications for Health Care Managers. Health Care Manag (Frederick), 38(1), 24–28. https://doi.org/10.1097/HCM.0000000000000246

Cary, Michael P., Victoria Goode, Nancy Crego, Deirdre Thornlow, Cathleen Colón-Emeric, Courtney van Houtven, and Elizabeth I. Merwin. “Hospital Readmission and Costs of Total Knee Replacement Surgery in 2009 and 2014: Potential Implications for Health Care Managers.” Health Care Manag (Frederick) 38, no. 1 (2019): 24–28. https://doi.org/10.1097/HCM.0000000000000246.

Cary MP, Goode V, Crego N, Thornlow D, Colón-Emeric C, van Houtven C, et al. Hospital Readmission and Costs of Total Knee Replacement Surgery in 2009 and 2014: Potential Implications for Health Care Managers. Health Care Manag (Frederick). 2019;38(1):24–8.

Cary, Michael P., et al. “Hospital Readmission and Costs of Total Knee Replacement Surgery in 2009 and 2014: Potential Implications for Health Care Managers.” Health Care Manag (Frederick), vol. 38, no. 1, 2019, pp. 24–28. Pubmed, doi:10.1097/HCM.0000000000000246.

Cary MP, Goode V, Crego N, Thornlow D, Colón-Emeric C, van Houtven C, Merwin EI. Hospital Readmission and Costs of Total Knee Replacement Surgery in 2009 and 2014: Potential Implications for Health Care Managers. Health Care Manag (Frederick). 2019;38(1):24–28.

Published In

Health Care Manag (Frederick)

DOI

10.1097/HCM.0000000000000246

EISSN

1550-512X

Publication Date

2019

Volume

Issue

Start / End Page

24 / 28

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

United States
Sex Factors
Retrospective Studies
Patient Readmission
Nursing
Middle Aged
Medicare
Male
Length of Stay
Humans