Variation in TKA & THA Rates (Orthopedics This Week)
The rate at which surgeons perform hip and knee replacements as well as spine surgery varies widely among academic medical centers, according to a study by the Dartmouth Atlas Project. The results were reported by Sabrina Rodak, writing for Becker’s Spine Review.
Inpatient surgical procedure rates per 1,000 Medicare enrollees from 2008 to 2010 in 19 hospitals varied from 2.3 hip replacements in Los Angeles to 5.8 in Rochester, Minnesota. The national average was 3.8. The variation was greater in knee replacement rates. With the national ...
