Episode of Care

"Episode of Care" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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An interval of care by a health care facility or provider for a specific medical problem or condition. It may be continuous or it may consist of a series of intervals marked by one or more brief separations from care, and can also identify the sequence of care (e.g., emergency, inpatient, outpatient), thus serving as one measure of health care provided.

Descriptor ID	D017050
MeSH Number(s)	E02.760.300 N02.421.585.300
Concept/Terms	Episode of Care Episode of Care Patient Care Episodes Episode, Patient Care Episodes, Patient Care Patient Care Episode Episodes of Care Care Episode Care Episodes

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Episode of Care".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Therapeutics [E02]
Patient Care [E02.760]
Episode of Care [E02.760.300]
Health Care [N]
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services [N02]
Health Services [N02.421]
Patient Care [N02.421.585]
Episode of Care [N02.421.585.300]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Episode of Care".

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Bar chart showing 11 publications over 9 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2015 and 2018

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2005	0	1	1
2015	0	2	2
2016	0	1	1
2018	1	1	2
2019	1	0	1
2020	0	1	1
2021	0	1	1
2022	0	1	1
2023	1	0	1

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D'Antonio ND, Lambrechts MJ, Trenchfield D, Sherman M, Karamian BA, Fredericks DJ, Boere P, Siegel N, Tran K, Canseco JA, Kaye ID, Rihn J, Woods BI, Hilibrand AS, Kepler CK, Vaccaro AR, Schroeder GD. Patient-specific Risk Factors Increase Episode of Care Costs After Lumbar Decompression. Clin Spine Surg. 2023 10 01; 36(8):E339-E344.

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Lambrechts MJ, Siegel N, Karamian BA, Kanhere A, Tran K, Samuel AM, Viola Iii A, Tokarski A, Santisi A, Canseco JA, David Kaye I, Woods B, Kurd M, Hilibrand AS, Kepler CK, Vaccaro AR, Schroeder GD, Rihn J. Demographics and Medical Comorbidities as Risk Factors for Increased Episode of Care Costs Following Lumbar Fusion in Medicare Patients. Am J Med Qual. 2022 Nov-Dec 01; 37(6):519-527.

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Sousa PL, Grace TR, Yayac M, Vannello C, Courtney PM, Krueger CA. Can Prior Episode-of-Care Costs Predict the Future? Identifying High-Cost Outliers for Subsequent Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty. 2021 Nov; 36(11):3635-3640.

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Carducci MP, Mahendraraj KA, Menendez ME, Rosen I, Klein SM, Namdari S, Ramsey ML, Jawa A. Identifying surgeon and institutional drivers of cost in total shoulder arthroplasty: a multicenter study. J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2021 Jan; 30(1):113-119.

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Phillips JLH, Rondon AJ, Vannello C, Fillingham YA, Austin MS, Courtney PM. A Nurse Navigator Program Is Effective in Reducing Episode-of-Care Costs Following Primary Hip and Knee Arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty. 2019 Aug; 34(8):1557-1562.

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Phillips JLH, Rondon AJ, Gorica Z, Fillingham YA, Austin MS, Courtney PM. No Difference in Total Episode-of-Care Cost Between Staged and Simultaneous Bilateral Total Joint Arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty. 2018 12; 33(12):3607-3611.

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Courtney PM, West ME, Hozack WJ. Maximizing Physician-Hospital Alignment: Lessons Learned From Effective Models of Joint Arthroplasty Care. J Arthroplasty. 2018 06; 33(6):1641-1646.

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Courtney PM, Ashley BS, Hume EL, Kamath AF. Are Bundled Payments a Viable Reimbursement Model for Revision Total Joint Arthroplasty? Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2016 Dec; 474(12):2714-2721.

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Doran JP, Zabinski SJ. Bundled payment initiatives for Medicare and non-Medicare total joint arthroplasty patients at a community hospital: bundles in the real world. J Arthroplasty. 2015 Mar; 30(3):353-5.

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Hanson H, Harrington AT, Nixon-Cave K. Implementing treatment frequency and duration guidelines in a hospital-based pediatric outpatient setting: administrative case report. Phys Ther. 2015 Apr; 95(4):678-84.

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