A population-based nested case-control study of the costs of hip and knee replacement surgery

Medical Care

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 732-741

  Hawker, Gillian A ^a   Badley, Elizabeth M ^b   Croxford, Ruth ^c   Coyte, Peter C ^d   Glazier, Richard H ^c,e,f   Guan, Jun ^c   Harvey, Bart J ^d   Williams, J I ^c   Wright, James G ^g  

^a WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cost consequence; Direct costs; Joint replacement; Osteoarthritis; Total joint arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG COST; FEMALE; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONEY; NESTED CASE CONTROL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; COST OF ILLNESS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; ONTARIO; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67649797467     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181934553     Document Type: Article

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