Patient vs Provider Characteristics Impacting Hospital Lengths of Stay After Total Knee or Hip Arthroplasty

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1418-1426.e2

  Styron, Joseph F ^a   Koroukian, Siran M ^a   Klika, Alison K ^b   Barsoum, Wael K ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Orthopaedic Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

HCUP; Length of stay; National inpatient; Sample; Total hip arthroplasty; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 80755128935     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2010.11.008     Document Type: Article

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