A bird can't fly on one wing: Patient views on waiting for hip and knee replacement surgery

Health Expectations

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 108-116

  Conner Spady, Barbara L ^a,b   Johnston, Geoffrey H ^b,c   Sanmartin, Claudia ^b,d   McGurran, John J ^b,e   Noseworthy, Tom W ^a,b   Weiler, Rob ^f   Brown, Jeff ^f   Bryden, Candice ^f   Calder, Doug ^f   Donnelly, Lauren ^f   Gander, Laurie ^f   Johnson, David ^f   Larsen, Derrick ^f   McRae, Sheena ^f   Ogrady, Mark ^f   Truscott, Trent ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Western Canada Waiting List Project   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f Department of Community Health Sciences ^*

Author keywords

Health expectation; Joint arthroplasty; Maximum acceptable waiting time; Waiting time

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGEON;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SASKATCHEWAN; TIME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 34249299077     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: 13697625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2006.00425.x     Document Type: Article

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