The association between hospital volume and total shoulder arthroplasty outcomes

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 432, Issue , 2005, Pages 132-137

  Lyman, Stephen ^a   Jones, Edward C ^a   Bach, Peter B ^a   Peterson, Margaret G E ^a   Marx, Robert G ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM INJURY; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEATH; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER INJURY; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 14644401714     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.blo.0000150571.51381.9a     Document Type: Article

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