Medical and surgical comanagement after elective hip and knee arthrosplasty: A randomized, controlled trial

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Huddleston, Jeanne M ^a   Long, Kirsten Hall ^b   Naessens, James M ^b   Vanness, David ^b   Larson, Dirk ^b   Trousdale, Robert ^b   Plevak, Matt ^b   Cabanela, Miguel ^b   Ilstrup, Duane ^b   Wachter, Robert M ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TEAMWORK;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALISTS; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 3042773003     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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