Evaluation of the impact of the introduction of a functional knee arthroplasty unit;Evaluación del impacto asistencial de la puesta en funcionamiento de una unidad funcional de artroplastia de rodilla

Gaceta Sanitaria

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 444-447

  Riu, Marta ^a,b   Muniesa, Josep M ^a   Leal, Joan ^a   Cots, Francesc ^a,b   Cáceres, Enric ^a   Castells, Xavier ^a,b  

^a Del Mar University   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

Costs; Functional unit; Knee arthroplasty; Results; Specialization

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPAIN;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN;

EID: 70349210408     PISSN: 02139111     EISSN: 15781283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaceta.2009.05.008     Document Type: Article

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