Cost burden of 30-day readmissions following medicare total hip and knee arthroplasty

Medicine & Life Sciences

• Patient Readmission 100%
• Medicare 89%
• Knee Replacement Arthroplasties 88%
• Hip 71%
• Costs and Cost Analysis 53%
• Episode of Care 41%
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (U.S.) 37%
• Hospital Costs 32%
• Arthroplasty 27%
• Joints 20%
• Databases 17%