Regional and hospital variance in performance of total hip and knee replacements: A national population-based study

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Mäkelä, Keijo T ^a   Peltola, Mikko ^b   Sund, Reijo ^b   Malmivaara, Antti ^b   Häkkinen, Unto ^b   Remes, Ville ^c  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c PEIJAS HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Follow up studies; outcome and process assessment (health care); registries; specialization; total hip arthroplasty; total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REGISTRIES;

EID: 79958006801     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: 13652060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07853890.2011.586362     Document Type: Article

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