Sending NHS patients for operations abroad: Is the holiday over?

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 128-130

  Hanna, Sammy A ^b   Saksena, Joyti ^a   Legge, Stella ^a   Ware, Howard E ^a  

^a CHASE FARM HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health tourism; KSS; OKS; SF12; TKR

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; COST; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BELGIUM; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATE MEDICINE; TRAVEL;

EID: 67649819442     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588409X359411     Document Type: Article

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