Offering patients the opportunity to choose their hospital for total knee replacement: Impact on satisfaction with the surgery

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 646-652

  Losina, Elena ^a   Plerhoples, Timothy ^a   Fossel, Anne H ^b   Mahomed, Nizar N ^c   Barrett, Jane ^d   Creel, Alisha H ^b   Wright, Elizabeth A ^b   Katz, Jeffrey N ^e  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Robert Brigham Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Clinical Research Center   (United States)

^c TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d Dartmouth Madical School   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice of hospital; Racial disparities; Satisfaction; Total knee replacement

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL PATIENT; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 26844565738     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.21469     Document Type: Article

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