Comparison of the hospital cost of primary and revision total hip arthroplasty after cost containment

Orthopedics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 185-189

  Iorio, Richard ^a   Healy, William L ^a   Richards, Julie A ^a  

^a LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PURCHASING; HUMAN; INCOME; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROFIT; STANDARDIZATION; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; COST CONTROL; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; HIP PROSTHESIS; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LENGTH OF STAY; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PURCHASING, HOSPITAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; KNEE PROSTHESIS;

EID: 0033060974     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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