Association of hospital and surgeon procedure volume with patient-centered outcomes of total knee replacement in a population-based cohort of patients age 65 years and older

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 568-574

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

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURE VOLUME; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; WESTERN ONTARIO AND MCMASTER UNIVERSITIES OSTEOARTHRITIS INDEX;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; ORTHOPEDICS; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847058419     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.22333     Document Type: Article

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