Patients poorly estimate the overall costs of a total knee arthroplasty and strongly overestimate the surgeon's fee

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 339-344

  Smolders, José M H ^a   Van Loon, Corné J M ^a   Rijnberg, Willard J ^a   Van Susante, Job L C ^a  

^a RIJNSTATE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cost; Patient estimation; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MEDICAL FEE; NETHERLANDS; ORTHOPEDICS; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEES, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; ORTHOPEDICS; PATIENTS;

EID: 34447251893     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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