Total knee arthroplasty outcomes in top-ranked and non-top-ranked orthopedic hospitals: An analysis of medicare administrative data

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 341-348

  Cram, Peter ^a,b   Cai, Xueya ^c   Lu, Xin ^a   Vaughan Sarrazin, Mary S ^a,b   Miller, Benjamin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; ORTHOPEDICS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84859839018     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2011.11.017     Document Type: Article

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