Waiting list management: Priority criteria or first-in first-out? A case for total joint replacement

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 595-601

  Escobar, Antonio ^a,d   Quintana, José Ma ^b,d   González, Marta ^a,d   Bilbao, Amaia ^c,d   Ibañez, Berta ^c,d  

^a HOSPITAL DE BASURTO   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE GALDAKAO   (Spain)

^c Fundación Vasca de Innovación e Investigación Sanitarias   (Spain)

^d CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

Priority tool; Total joint replacement; Waiting time

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; JOINT PROSTHESIS; JOINT STIFFNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN; TIME FACTORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 68349083538     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2008.01056.x     Document Type: Article

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