Hospital volume and surgical outcomes after elective hip/knee arthroplasty: A risk-adjusted analysis of a large regional database

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2531-2539

  Singh, Jasvinder A ^a   Kwoh, C Kent ^a,b   Boudreau, Robert M ^a,b   Lee, Gwo Chin ^c   Ibrahim, Said A ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ECONOMICS, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PENNSYLVANIA; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79961103827     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.30390     Document Type: Article

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