Effect of Facility Ownership on Utilization of Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery.

CONCLUSIONS: Neither shareholder status nor facility ownership characteristics influenced the speed with which surgeons determined that shoulder surgery was indicated or surgeons' use of preoperative nonsurgical treatment. After the need for surgery was determined, patients underwent surgery sooner at physician-owned facilities than at non-physician-owned facilities and with nonshareholder physicians than with shareholder physicians. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level III. PMID: 29419725 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29419725?dopt=Abstract

Source: The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons - February 10, 2018 Category: Orthopaedics Tags: J Am Acad Orthop Surg Source Type: research