Procedure volume as a quality measure for total joint replacement

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 6 SUPPL. 47, 2007, Pages

  Meredith, Dennis S ^b   Katz, Jeffrey N ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Procedure volume; Quality of care; Total joint replacement

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPLASTY; ENDOPROSTHESIS LOOSENING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REOPERATION; REVIEW; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VALIDITY;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 36549083020     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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