Background: Lower-extremity arthroplasty constitutes the largest burden on health-care
spending of any Medicare diagnosis group. Demand for upper extremity arthroplasty also …

Background Given the increase in demand in treatment of glenohumeral arthritis with
anatomic total (aTSA) and reverse shoulder arthroplasty (RTSA), it is imperative to improve …

Objectives: Review business related shoulder and elbow articles in tope general
orthopaedic journals and compare to top shoulder and elbow subspecialty journals. Design …

Background The method of surgical incision closure after total shoulder arthroplasty is an
important factor to consider, as it affects operating room time, procedure cost, cosmetic …

Background: Theoretically, orthopaedic specialty hospitals (OSHs) offer multiple advantages
compared with general hospitals; however, their overall benefit is debated. This review aims …

Background Despite rapid increases in the demand for total shoulder arthroplasty, data
describing cost trends are scarce. We aim to (1) describe variation in the cost of shoulder …

Study Design: Retrospective Cohort Study. Objective: To explore the differences in Medicare
reimbursement for lumbar fusion performed at an orthopaedic specialty hospital (OSH) and …

Introduction Operating room (OR) efficiency is a crucial component in the delivery of high
quality, cost-efficient healthcare in orthopedic shoulder arthroplasty, and generally in …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT Despite concerted efforts toward quality improvement in high-
volume spine surgery, there remains concern that increases in case load may compromise …

Study Design. Retrospective cohort study. Objective. The aim of this study was to investigate
the differences in Medicare reimbursement for one-to three-level lumbar decompression …