Costs and outcomes of total hip and knee joint replacement for rheumatoid arthritis

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1235-1242

  March, L M ^a   Barcenilla, A L ^a   Cross, M J ^a   Lapsley, H M ^b   Parker, D ^c   Brooks, P M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Sydney Orthopaedic Research Institute   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Costs; Joint replacement surgery; Outcomes; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL WELFARE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 51549110753     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-008-0891-3     Document Type: Article

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