Cost of Surgical Treatment for Distal Radius Fractures and the Implications of Episode-Based Bundled Payments

PurposeTo examine the cost of care of surgical treatment for a distal radius fracture (DRF) and develop episodes that may be used to develop future bundled payment programs.MethodsUsing 2009 to 2015 claims data from the Truven MarketScan Databases, we examined the cost of care for surgical treatment of DRFs among adult patients in the United States. We excluded patients with concurrent fractures, patients who required complex care, and patients...