Rationale The health care landscape is changing: it has become the largest part of the
economy and changes in public management systems will greatly affect how we practice …

Background In total knee arthroplasty (TKA), revision cases are often technically more
challenging, and require more operative time and aftercare than primary cases. These time …

Abstract Background Relative value units (RVUs) are used to evaluate the effort required for
providing a service to patients in order to determine compensation. Thus, more complicated …

Background Frailty is a risk factor for adverse postoperative outcomes. We aimed to test the
performance of a prospectively validated frailty measure, the Risk Analysis Index (RAI) in …

The aging of the global population and the increasing number of patients with chronic
diseases necessitate an efficient healthcare operations mechanism to enable provision of …

OBJECTIVE The volume of cases that residents perform independently have decreased
leaving graduating chief residents less prepared for independent practice. Outcomes are not …

Medical care prices in the United States are not only the most expensive in the world, but
there are wide variations in what physicians are paid. Doctors at the frontlines of medical …

Abstract Study Objective Despite clear data demonstrating feasibility, safety, and cost-
effectiveness of same-day discharge after minimally invasive hysterectomy, a paucity of data …

Background Understanding the differences in how patient complexity varies across surgical
specialties can inform policy decisions about appropriate resource allocation and …

Background Preoperative surgical risk assessment continues to be a critical component of
clinical decision-making. The ACS Universal Risk Calculator estimates risk for several …