title: Joint ventures. Hospitals seek creative solutions to grapple with the unbending costs of orthopedic implants.
authors.forename: Cinda
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Becker
mesh_terms: D003132:Commerce; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003363:Cost Control; D019981:Health Care Sector; D017721:Hospital Costs; D006759:Hospital-Physician Joint Ventures / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D009985:Orthopedics; D009989:Orthotic Devices / Q000191:economics*; D019736:Prostheses and Implants / Q000191:economics*; D011682:Purchasing, Hospital / Q000191:economics*; D012052:Reimbursement, Incentive; D013903:Thoracic Surgery; D014481:United States; D014483:United States Dept. of Health and Human Services