Predictors of hip joint replacement in new attenders in primary care with hip pain

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 53, Issue 486, 2003, Pages 26-30

  Birrell, Fraser ^a   Afzal, Cara ^a   Nahit, Elizabeth ^a   Lunt, Mark ^a   Macfarlane, Gary J ^a   Cooper, Cyrus ^b   Croft, Peter R ^c   Hosie, Gillian ^d   Silman, Alan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Great Western Medical   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Orthopaedic referral; Primary care; Total hip replacement; Waiting list

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; LEG PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; COHORT STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HIP; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 0037216113     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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