Outcome instruments: Rationale for their use

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2009, Pages 41-49

  Poolman, Rudolf W ^a   Swiontkowski, Marc F ^b   Fairbank, Jeremy C T ^c   Schemitsch, Emil H ^d   Sprague, Sheila ^e   De Vet, Henrica C W ^f  

^a ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NUFFIELD ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; INSTRUMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ORTHOPEDICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; ARTICLE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; OBSERVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; OBSERVATION; ORTHOPEDICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH DESIGN; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 66349110854     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.H.01551     Document Type: Review

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