'There are too many of us to fix.' Patients' views of acceptable waiting times for hip and knee replacement

Journal of Health Services Research and Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 212-218

  Conner Spady, Barbara ^a   Sanmartin, Claudia ^a   Johnston, Geoffrey ^b   McGurran, John ^c   Kehler, Melissa ^d   Noseworthy, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c Western Canada Waiting List Project   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; TIME PERCEPTION;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PATIENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; SASKATCHEWAN; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 70349643636     PISSN: 13558196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jhsrp.2009.008128     Document Type: Article

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