Association Between Medicare's Mandatory Joint Replacement Bundled Payment Program and Post-Acute Care Use in Medicare Advantage

JAMA Surg. 2020 Jan 1;155(1):82-84. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2019.3957.

Abstract

This study examines how the reduced use of institutional post–acute care in Medicare’s Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement program affected patients who underwent lower extremity joint replacement.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Arthroplasty, Replacement / economics*
  • Hospitalization / statistics & numerical data
  • Humans
  • Medicare Part C*
  • Medicare*
  • Patient Care Bundles*
  • Patient Discharge
  • Rehabilitation / statistics & numerical data
  • Subacute Care / statistics & numerical data*
  • United States