title: Working together to rebuild orthopedics. A joint effort.
abstract: The long and profitable relationship between hospitals and orthopedic surgeons has unraveled in recent years. Experts say it's time to reforge those ties.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Greene
mesh_terms: D004465:Economic Competition; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D017721:Hospital Costs; D006759:Hospital-Physician Joint Ventures; D018578:Hospital-Physician Relations; D006801:Humans; D017008:Negotiating; D009983:Orthopedic Equipment / Q000191:economics; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures / Q000191:economics / Q000295:instrumentation; D009985:Orthopedics / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011682:Purchasing, Hospital / Q000191:economics; D013503:Surgery Department, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013531:Surgicenters / Q000191:economics; D014481:United States