Determining the Need for Hip and Knee Arthroplasty: The Role of Clinical Severity and Patients' Preferences

Medical Care

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 206-216

  Hawker, Gillian A ^a,b,c,f,g   Wright, James G ^c,d   Coyte, Peter C ^c,f   Williams, J Ivan ^c   Harvey, Bart ^c   Glazier, Richard ^c,e,f   Wilkins, Annette ^c   Badley, Elizabeth M ^c,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f Arthritis Community Research and Evaluation Unit   (Canada)

^g SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Arthroplasty; Health services needs and demands; Health survey; Joint prosthesis; Osteoarthritis; Patient preferences; Small area variation analysis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ONTARIO; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0035286295     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200103000-00002     Document Type: Article

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