Open AccessHospital Payments Increase as Payments to Surgeons Decrease for Common Inpatient Orthopaedic Procedures
Author(s) -
Majd Marrache,
Andrew B. Harris,
Varun Puvanesarajah,
Micheal Raad,
Hamid Hassanzadeh,
Uma Srikumaran,
James R. Ficke,
Joseph Levy,
Amit Jain
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of the american academy of orthopaedic surgeons. global research and reviews
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.358
H-Index - 2
ISSN - 2474-7661
DOI - 10.5435/jaaosglobal-d-20-00026
Subject(s) - medicine , payment , health care , demography , emergency medicine , business , finance , economics , sociology , economic growth
As healthcare costs continue to increase in the United States, it is important to understand the trends in the allocation of healthcare spending for common orthopaedic surgical procedures. We investigated the recent trends in (1) total net payments (for episode of care), (2) payments to hospitals, (3) payments to physicians, (4) payments to physicians as a percentage of total net payments, and (5) regional variation in hospital and physician payments for four common orthopaedic procedures.