Costs and effectiveness of pre- and post-operative home physiotherapy for total knee replacement: Randomized controlled trial

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 283-292

  Mitchell, Caroline ^a   Walker, Jane ^a   Walters, Stephen ^b   Morgan, Anne B ^b   Binns, Teena ^c   Mathers, Nigel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c Woodhouse Medical Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economic evaluation; Health related quality of life; Osteoarthritis; Physiotherapy; Randomized controlled trial; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATE MEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 19944424180     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2005.00535.x     Document Type: Article

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