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See Latest ArticlesThe Estimated Magnitude and Direct Hospital Costs of Prosthetic Joint Infections in the United States, 1997 to 2004
Journal of Arthroplasty, 08/14/09
Hellmann M et al. – The annual adjusted diagnostic–related group cost for such infection increased from $195 million to $283 million (1997–2004). The mean diagnostic–related group reimbursement ($9034 per hospitalization) did not vary over time or by comorbidity. The nearly doubled number of prosthetic joint infection–related hospitalizations may have been caused by an increased implant rate, changes in patient population, implant procedures, or causative organisms.
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