Primary hip and knee replacement surgery: Ontario criteria for case selection and surgical priority

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 20-30

  Naylor, C David ^a,c   Williams, J Ivan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Case selection; Hip and knee replacement surgery; Surgical priority

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANADA; DELPHI STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIP PROSTHESIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; KNEE PROSTHESIS; ORTHOPEDICS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RHEUMATOLOGY; STANDARD;

ALGORITHMS; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY PRACTICE; HIP PROSTHESIS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; ONTARIO; ORTHOPEDICS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RHEUMATOLOGY; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 0030096167     PISSN: 09638172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.5.1.20     Document Type: Article

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