Significant Cost Savings and Improved Early Clinical Outcomes in Medicare Patients Utilizing a Clinician-Controlled Telerehabilitation System Following Total Knee Arthroplasty

The costs and benefits of different rehabilitation protocols following total knee arthroplasty (TKA) are unclear. The emergence of telerehabilitation has introduced the potential for enhanced patient convenience and cost reduction. The purpose of this study was to assess the cost difference between standard physical therapy and a telerehabilitation home-based clinician-controlled therapy system (HCTS).
Source: The Journal of Arthroplasty - Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Tags: Proceedings of the Knee Society 2023 Source Type: research