Variations in the quality of care delivered to patients undergoing total knee replacement at 3 affiliated hospitals

Orthopedics

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  SooHoo, Nelson F ^a   Tang, Edward Y ^b   Krenek, Lucie ^a   Eagan, Michael ^a   McGlynn, Elizabeth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DELPHI STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; HOSPITALIZATION; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955854675     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20110317-08     Document Type: Article

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