Total hip and knee replacement surgeries in Alberta utilization and associated outcomes

Healthcare management forum / Canadian College of Health Service Executives = Forum gestion des soins de santé / Collège canadien des directeurs de services de santé

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 25-32

  Alibhai, Arif ^a   Saunders, Duncan ^a   Johnston, D W ^b   Bay, Kyung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ALBERTA; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0035380908     PISSN: 08404704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0840-4704(10)60803-4     Document Type: Article

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