Relationship Between Total Arthroplasty Case Volume and Patient Outcome in an Acute Care Payment System in Japan

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 656-663

  Mitsuyasu, Shihoko ^a,b   Hagihara, Akihito ^a   Horiguchi, Hiromasa ^a   Nobutomo, Koichi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Graduate School of Medical Sciences   (Japan)

Author keywords

arthroplasty; hospital case volume; hospital charges; length of hospital stay

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HUMANS; JAPAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 33746300502     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2005.09.007     Document Type: Article

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