System Dynamics to Model the Unintended Consequences of Denying Payment for Venous Thromboembolism after Total Knee Arthroplasty

BACKGROUND: The Hospital Acquired Condition Strategy (HACS) denies payment for venous thromboembolism (VTE) after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). The intention is to reduce complications and associated costs, while improving the quality of care by mandating VTE prophylaxis. We applied a system dynami...

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Autores principales: Worni, Mathias, Pietrobon, Ricardo, Zammar, Guilherme Roberto, Shah, Jatin, Yoo, Bryan, Maldonato, Mauro, Takemoto, Steven, Vail, Thomas P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3335025/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22536313
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0030578

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