Evaluating waiting time effect on health outcomes at admission: A prospective randomized study on patients with osteoarthritis of the knee joint

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 728-733

  Hirvonen, Johanna ^a   Blom, Marja ^b   Tuominen, Ulla ^a   Seitsalo, Seppo ^c   Lehto, Matti ^d   Paavolainen, Pekka ^e   Hietaniemi, Kalevi ^b   Rissanen, Pekka ^f   Sintonen, Harri ^g  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b JORVI HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c ORTON ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Quality of life; Randomized controlled trial; Total knee replacement; Waiting time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KNEE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; QUALITY OF LIFE; TIME FACTORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 34548492974     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2006.00745.x     Document Type: Article

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