All-Patient Refined Diagnosis-Related Groups in Primary Arthroplasty

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 24, Issue 6 SUPPL., 2009, Pages 19-23

  Lavernia, Carlos J ^a,b   Laoruengthana, Artit ^b   Contreras, Juan S ^b   Rossi, Mark D ^c  

^a Mercy Hospital Miami   (United States)

^b Arthritis Surgery Research Foundation Inc   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

charlson index; charnley score; primary arthroplasty; risk of mortality; severity of illness

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HIP DISEASE; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; KNEE DISEASE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CODING; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; JOINTS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOFTWARE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68749116314     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2009.03.008     Document Type: Article

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