Distal Radius

The Relationship Between ASSH Membership and the Treatment of Distal Radius Fracture in the United States Medicare population

Chung KC, Shauver MJ, Yin H (The Univ of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor) J Hand Surg 36A:1288-1293, 2011^§

Abstract

Purpose

Internal fixation for distal radius fractures (DRFs) in the elderly has increased from 3% in 1997 to 17% in 2007. This increase has been uneven across regions of the United States. There is some evidence that patients treated by hand surgeons receive internal fixation at an increased rate and that hand surgeons might be driving the increased usage in regions where their presence is greatest. The specific aim of this study was to explore this relationship by analyzing Medicare beneficiaries treated by members of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH).

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