Two short-term outcomes after instituting a national regulation regarding minimum procedural volumes for total knee replacement

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 629-638

  Ohmann, Christian ^a   Verde, Pablo Emilio ^a   Blum, Karl ^b   Fischer, Burkhard ^c   De Cruppé, Werner ^d   Geraedts, Max ^d  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b DKI   (Germany)

^c National Institute for Quality in Health Care (BQS Bundesgeschaftsstelle Qualitatssicherung GGmbH)   (Germany)

^d Institute for Health Systems Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMATOMA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SURGICAL INFECTION; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77950870316     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.H.01436     Document Type: Article

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