An outcome study on average length of stay following total hip and knee replacement

Journal of Orthopaedic Nursing

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 161-169

  O'Brien, Seamus ^a  

^a MUSGRAVE PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Length of stay, Orthopaedic surgery, practice variation; Total hip replacement; Total knee replacement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; ORTHOPEDICS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036702858     PISSN: 13613111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1361-3111(02)00055-9     Document Type: Article

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