National Trends in Post-Acute Care Costs Following Total Hip Arthroplasty from 2010 through 2018

Background: Post-acute care remains a target for episode-of-care cost reduction following total hip arthroplasty (THA). The introduction of bundled payment models in the United States in 2013 aligned incentives among providers to reduce post-acute care resource utilization. Institution-level studies have shown increased rates of home discharge with substantial cost savings after adoption of bundled payment models; however, national data have yet...