∗Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
†Center for Healthcare Outcomes and Policy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
‡Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
§Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston MA
||Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
¶National Clinician Scholars Program at the Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
#Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.
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This study has not been previously published or presented.
Dr Schoenfeld reported personal fees from Wolters Kluwer, Springer, and the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery outside the submitted work. Dr Dimick is a cofounder of ArborMetrix, Inc, a company that makes software for profiling hospital quality and efficiency.
Funding was provided by AJS (NIH NIAMS K23AR071464, Orthopedic Research and Education Foundation, Department of Defense – Defense Health Agency grant HU0001-11-1-0023), JBD (NIH/NIA R01AG039434, AHRQ R01HS023597), KRC (Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation Clinician Scholars Program, AHRQ T32HS000053, and the NIH Division of Loan Repayment).
The authors report no conflicts of interest.
