Impact of cost reduction programs on short-term patient outcome and hospital cost of total knee arthroplasty

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2002, Pages

  Healy, William L ^a   Iorio, Richard ^a   Ko, John ^a   Appleby, David ^a   Lemos, David W ^a  

^a LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; IMPLANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; CONVALESCENCE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0042195119     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200203000-00003     Document Type: Article

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