Are clinical and patient assessed outcomes affected by reducing length of hospital stay for total hip arthroplasty?

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 448-452

  Hayes, Jane H ^a   Cleary, R ^a   Gillespie, W J ^a,b   Pinder, I M ^a,c   Sher, J L ^a,d  

^a Northumbria Hlth Care NHS Trust L   (United Kingdom)

^b FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Charnley hip score; Length of hospital stay; NHP; Outcome; Total hip arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034047220     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/arth.2000.4346     Document Type: Article

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