Health-related quality of life and costs in patients with osteoarthritis on waiting list for total knee replacement

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 258-265

  Nunez M ^a   Nunez E ^b   Segur, J M ^a   Macule F ^a   Sanchez, A ^c   Hernández, Ma V ^a   Vilalta, C ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT CATALÀ DE LA SALUT   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Costs; Osteoarthritis; Quality of life; Waiting list

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTPATIENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 33846905043     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2006.07.011     Document Type: Article

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