An audit of the out-patient follow-up of hip and knee replacements

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 32-35

  Bhatia, M ^a   Obadare, Z ^a  

^a WEST CUMBERLAND HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Hip and knee replacement; Out patient follow up; Postoperative

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; KNEE DISLOCATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIODIAGNOSIS; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT;

EID: 0037225113     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588403321001408     Document Type: Article

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