Thank you for the question.
We actually saved money in acute care by decreasing lengths of stay, and some of the in-hospital costs and spending more money at the front end in terms of optimizing patients, educating them, and preparing them for surgery. The case costs were about the same per case across the continuum, from time of presenting with hip and knee replacement all the way through, including rehabilitation and home care costs. That's what we call the case cost. I said that I think we could, over the next year, save 10% per case with a focus on saving costs.
We were trying to optimize the experience--improve the efficiency and quality of care--as our top priority. We believe it is still the top priority. If we carefully look at saving money, where across the continuum could we save and then invest in maintaining a high-quality experience? We believe that the saving could then drive increased volume for the same envelope of funding.