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## Background: As demand for total shoulder arthroplasty (tsa) rises, containing costs will become increasingly important. we hypothesize that performing ambulatory tsa procedures results in significant cost savings. ## Methods: A model was created to evaluate cost savings. hospital stay length and cost, pain control method and cost, and number of annual outpatient tsa procedures were estimated based on literature. ## Results: Estimated cost savings per patient were $747 to $15,507 (base case $5594), total annual savings of $4.1m to $349m (base case $82m), and ten-year savings of $51m to $5.4b (base case $1.1b). ## Conclusion: Ambulatory tsa procedures result in significant cost savings.

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Author

Steinhaus, M.E.; Shim, S.S.; Lamba, N.; Makhni, E.C.; Kadiyala, R.K.

Publisher

Elsevier ; Elsevier BV; Calicut: Department of Orthopaedics; Chennai: Elsevier, 2015- (ISSN 0972-978X)

Published

2018

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)