From the Department of Economics (Mr. Basilico), Harvard University and Harvard Medical School, the Harvard Combined Orthopaedics Residency Program (Dr. Bhashyam), the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery (Dr. Harris), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Orthopaedic Trauma Initiative, Harvard Medical School, and the Department of Orthopaedics (Dr. Heng), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Orthopaedic Trauma Initiative, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA.
Correspondence to Dr. Bhashyam: [email protected]
The content of this article is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institute on Aging or the National Institutes of Health. Mr. Basilico is supported by a Predoctoral Fellowship in Aging and Health Economics (NIA T32 AG 51108) from the National Institute on Aging. We thank David Cutler, PhD; Nihar Shah; Michael Weaver, MD; and Mark Vrahas, MD, for their helpful comments.
Dr. Heng or an immediate family member serves as a board member, owner, officer, or committee member of the New England Orthopaedic Society. None of the following authors or any immediate family member has received anything of value from or has stock or stock options held in a commercial company or institution related directly or indirectly to the subject of this article: Mr. Basilico, Dr. Bhashyam, and Dr. Harris.
Mr. Basilico and Dr. Bhashyam contributed equally to this work.