Cost-effectiveness of total knee arthroplasty in the United States: Invited Commentary

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1121-1122

  Bozic, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHRITIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL VOLUME; HUMAN; IMPLANT; NOTE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649491185     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.161     Document Type: Note

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