The hospital cost and the cost of the implant for total knee arthroplasty. A comparison between 1983 and 1991 for one hospital.
Authors:
- David. FinnDFDavid. Finn
- 1 June 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
- Vol. 76 (6) , 801-806
Abstract
The hospital cost of total knee arthroplasty at the Lahey Clinic was evaluated by a comparison of the data for twenty-eight patients who had had the operation in 1983 with the data for forty-two patients who had had the same operation in 1991. The hospital bills were analyzed for each patienKeywords
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