Samuel Schick, Joseph W Elphingstone, Caleb Hood, Aaron J Casp, Yazen Shihab, Achraf Jardaly, Kyle D Paul, Brent A Ponce, Eugene W Brabston, Amit M Momaya
OBJECTIVES: Patients with private healthcare plans often defer nonemergent or elective procedures toward the end of the year once they have met their deductible. No previous studies have evaluated how insurance status and hospital setting may affect surgical timing for upper extremity procedures. Our study aimed to evaluate the influence of insurance and hospital setting on end-of-the-year surgical cases for elective carpometacarpal (CMC) arthroplasty, carpal tunnel, cubital tunnel, and trigger finger release, and nonelective distal radius fixation...
March 2023: Southern Medical Journal