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Editor's choice Hip Knee

Time Waits For No One—Aging Increases Costs

October 9, 2020 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

The cost of medical care in the United States has been shown to rise with advancing patient age, and total joint arthroplasty (TJA) is a

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Editor's Choice Knee

TKA Cost Efficiency Is Improving, But We Can Do Better

June 4, 2020 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

Wide variability in the cost and quality of health care in the US has led some to describe our system as “uniquely inefficient.” Consequently, we

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Need to Know Shoulder

Volume-Outcome Relationships in Reverse TSA

March 11, 2020 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

In an OrthoBuzz post from early 2016, JBJS Editor-in-Chief Marc Swiontkowski, MD observed the following about volume-outcome relationships in total hip and total knee arthroplasty:

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Guest Post Knee Rehabilitation

Virtual PT Noninferior to and Less Expensive than Usual Care

January 24, 2020 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

OrthoBuzz occasionally receives posts from guest bloggers. In response to a recent study in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, the following commentary comes from Jaime L

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Editor's Choice Hip

The Economics of Revision THA for Fractures: Sustainable?

May 20, 2019 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

At the risk of  economic oversimplification, it is difficult to sustainably provide a service when payment for it is less than the cost to perform

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