Use of explicit criteria for total hip joint replacement fixation techniques

Health Policy

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-16

  Quintana, José M ^a   Aróstegui, Inmaculada ^b   Azkarate, Jesús ^c   Goenaga, J Ignacio ^d   Tobio, Ramón ^e   Aranburu, Jose M ^e   Goikoetxea, Begoña ^e  

^a HOSPITAL DE GALDAKAO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c Hospital del Bajo Deba   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL TXAGORRITXU   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL DE BASURTO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Appropriateness; Fixation mechanism; Hip prosthesis; Utilization review

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COXITIS; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL EXPERT; METHODOLOGY; PROSTHESIS FIXATION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; CEMENTATION; DECISION MAKING; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HIP; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; ORTHOPEDICS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SPAIN; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0036176549     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8510(01)00175-0     Document Type: Article

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