Effect of provider volume on resource utilization for surgical procedures of the knee

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 302-312

  Jain, Nitin ^a   Pietrobon, Ricardo ^a   Guller, Ulrich ^a,b   Shankar, Anoop ^a,c   Ahluwalia, Ajit S ^a   Higgins, Laurence D ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; Healthcare utilization project; Meniscectomy; Operating room time; Resource utilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INJURY; KNEE MENISCUS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 24044507976     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-004-0516-6     Document Type: Article

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