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Nov 7, 2024

Post-Acute Care Trends and Disparities After Joint Replacements in the United States, 1991-2018: A Systematic Review

We conducted a systematic review of evidence on post-acute care use and disparities related to race and ethnicity and rurality in the United States over the past two decades among individuals who underwent major joint replacement.
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Jan 29, 2021

Geographic Variation and Disparities in Total Joint Replacement Use for Medicare Beneficiaries: 2009 to 2017

The study objectives are to determine whether Black Medicare beneficiaries undergo fewer hip and knee replacements across regions, and whether disparities affected all or mainly affected socioeconomically disadvantaged Black beneficiaries.
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Jan 28, 2021

Impact of Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program Penalties on Hip and Knee Replacement Readmissions: Comparison of Hospitals at Risk of Varying Penalty Amounts

We examined whether hospitals at risk of relatively large penalties from this expansion experienced greater declines in joint replacement readmissions compared with hospitals at risk of smaller penalties.
Research

Jan 22, 2021

Penalties and Rewards for Safety Net Vs Non-Safety Net Hospitals in the First 2 Years of the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model

We assessed whether safety net hospitals, which serve vulnerable patients, were more likely to be penalized and less likely to receive rewards compared with non-safety net hospitals that serve few vulnerable patients.
Research

Jan 21, 2021

Impact of Medicare's Nonpayment Program on Venous Thromboembolism Following Hip and Knee Replacements

This article determines whether Medicare's Nonpayment Program was associated with decline in venous thromboembolism following hip and knee replacements, and whether the decline was greater among hospitals at risk of larger financial losses from the Program.
Research

Jan 21, 2021

Performance Of Safety-Net Hospitals In Year 1 Of The Comprehensive Care For Joint Replacement Model

This article finds safety-net hospitals were less likely to receive rewards in year one of the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement model because of their quality and spending performance.
Research

Sep 5, 2017

القيمة الاقتصادية للأطراف الاصطناعية المزودة بركبة

طور باحثو مؤسسة RAND نموذج محاكاة لتقييم الفروقات في النتائج السريرية والكلفة بين الركب الاصطناعية العاملة بمشغّل دقيق وتلك غير العاملة بمشغّل دقيق.
Research

Sep 5, 2017

Economic Value of Advanced Transfemoral Prosthetics

RAND researchers developed a simulation model to assess the clinical outcomes and costs of microprocessor-controlled knees compared with more-traditional non-microprocessor-controlled knees.
Research

Jun 12, 2017

Patient Use of Cost and Quality Data When Choosing a Joint Replacement Provider in the Context of Reference Pricing

Despite growing availability of cost and quality information, hip and knee replacement patients almost always focus on the choice of a surgeon, primarily based on reputation, as opposed to a hospital.
Research

May 23, 2017

Does a Quality Improvement Campaign Accelerate Take-Up of New Evidence? A Ten-State Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial of the IHI's Project JOINTS

States participating in Project JOINTS, a six-month quality improvement campaign to reduce infection risk after joint replacement surgery, adhered to three new evidence-based practices significantly more than non-participants.
Research

May 23, 2017

Association Between Hospitals' Engagement in Value-Based Reforms and Readmission Reduction in the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program

Hospitals participating in one or more voluntary Medicare value-based reform programs were less likely to readmit patients within 30 days of discharge than non-participating hospitals.
Commentary

Jan 22, 2016

More Research Is Needed on Artificial Joints and Patients Can Play a Key Role

Safety problems with artificial knees and hips, including product recalls, highlight the need for more patient-centered research. RAND has partnered with CreakyJoints in a project intended to train a group of patients to get involved in research on this topic.

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Post-Acute Care Trends and Disparities After Joint Replacements in the United States, 1991-2018: A Systematic Review

Geographic Variation and Disparities in Total Joint Replacement Use for Medicare Beneficiaries: 2009 to 2017

Impact of Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program Penalties on Hip and Knee Replacement Readmissions: Comparison of Hospitals at Risk of Varying Penalty Amounts

Penalties and Rewards for Safety Net Vs Non-Safety Net Hospitals in the First 2 Years of the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model

Impact of Medicare's Nonpayment Program on Venous Thromboembolism Following Hip and Knee Replacements

Performance Of Safety-Net Hospitals In Year 1 Of The Comprehensive Care For Joint Replacement Model

القيمة الاقتصادية للأطراف الاصطناعية المزودة بركبة

Economic Value of Advanced Transfemoral Prosthetics

Patient Use of Cost and Quality Data When Choosing a Joint Replacement Provider in the Context of Reference Pricing

Does a Quality Improvement Campaign Accelerate Take-Up of New Evidence? A Ten-State Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial of the IHI's Project JOINTS

Association Between Hospitals' Engagement in Value-Based Reforms and Readmission Reduction in the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program

More Research Is Needed on Artificial Joints and Patients Can Play a Key Role

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Joint Replacement

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Post-Acute Care Trends and Disparities After Joint Replacements in the United States, 1991-2018: A Systematic Review

Geographic Variation and Disparities in Total Joint Replacement Use for Medicare Beneficiaries: 2009 to 2017

Impact of Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program Penalties on Hip and Knee Replacement Readmissions: Comparison of Hospitals at Risk of Varying Penalty Amounts

Penalties and Rewards for Safety Net Vs Non-Safety Net Hospitals in the First 2 Years of the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model

Impact of Medicare's Nonpayment Program on Venous Thromboembolism Following Hip and Knee Replacements

Performance Of Safety-Net Hospitals In Year 1 Of The Comprehensive Care For Joint Replacement Model

القيمة الاقتصادية للأطراف الاصطناعية المزودة بركبة

Economic Value of Advanced Transfemoral Prosthetics

Patient Use of Cost and Quality Data When Choosing a Joint Replacement Provider in the Context of Reference Pricing

Does a Quality Improvement Campaign Accelerate Take-Up of New Evidence? A Ten-State Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial of the IHI's Project JOINTS

Association Between Hospitals' Engagement in Value-Based Reforms and Readmission Reduction in the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program

More Research Is Needed on Artificial Joints and Patients Can Play a Key Role

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