Economic burden of surgical site infections within the episode of care following joint replacement

Abstract Background Recent policy initiatives, including Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) Initiative by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Health Services (CMS), encourage healthcare providers to manage the total episode of care, rather than just the surgical episode. Surgical site in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ayoade Adeyemi, Paul Trueman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-06-01
Series:Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13018-019-1224-8