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SUBMITTER: Thirukumaran CP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6446900 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Thirukumaran Caroline P CP Glance Laurent G LG Cai Xueya X Balkissoon Rishi R Mesfin Addisu A Li Yue Y
Health affairs (Project Hope) 20190201 2
The Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) model introduced in 2016 aims to improve the quality and costs of care for Medicare beneficiaries undergoing hip and knee replacements. However, there are concerns that the safety-net hospitals that care for the greatest number of vulnerable patients may perform poorly in CJR. In this study we used Medicare's CJR data to evaluate the performance of 792 hospitals mandated to participate in the first year of CJR. We found that in comparison to non ...[more]