The Price-Quality Mismatch: Are Negotiated Prices for Total Joint Arthroplasty Associated With Hospital Quality in a Large California Health System?

CONCLUSION: There is substantial price variation for TJA that is not accounted for by the quality of care, suggesting that a mismatch between price and quality exists. Efforts to improve care value in TJA are needed to directly link prices with the quality of care delivered, such as through matched quality and price reporting mechanisms. Future studies might investigate whether making price and quality data accessible to patients, such as through value dashboards that report easy-to-interpret quality data alongside price information, moves patients toward higher-value care decisions.CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Efforts to better match the quality of care with negotiated prices such as matched quality and price reporting mechanisms, which have been shown to increase the likelihood of choosing higher-value care in TJA, could improve the value of care.PMID:36729581 | DOI:10.1097/CORR.0000000000002489

Source: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research - February 2, 2023 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Thompson Zhuang Lauren M Shapiro Laurence C Baker Robin N Kamal Source Type: research