A Retrospective Cohort Analysis Comparing the Costs of Ankle Fracture Fixation in Orthopaedics and Podiatry in a U.S. Medicare Limited Data Set

Increasing overlap exists between surgeries performed by podiatrists and orthopaedic surgeons. Large-scale cost comparisons between the two are lacking despite the current climate of cost containment in health care. Using national Medicare data, we aimed to compare per-case Medicare payments between podiatrists and orthopaedic surgeons for ankle fracture fixation.