Mandated health insurance increases rates of elective knee surgery.

CONCLUSION: The increase in the rate of elective knee surgery in the post-reform period suggests that health care reform in Massachusetts has been successful in decreasing the uninsured population and may increase health care expenditures. This is a hypothesis generating study that suggests further avenues of study on how mandated coverage may change healthcare utilization and cost. PMID: 30788225 [PubMed]
Source: World Journal of Orthopaedics - Category: Orthopaedics Tags: World J Orthop Source Type: research