A collaborative of leading health systems finds wide variations in total knee replacement delivery and takes steps to improve value

Health Affairs

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1329-1338

  Tomek, Ivan M ^a   Sabel, Allison L ^b   Froimson, Mark I ^c   Muschler, George ^d   Jevsevar, David S ^e   Koenig, Karl M ^f   Lewallen, David G ^g   Naessens, James M ^g   Savitz, Lucy A ^h   Westrich, James L ⁱ   Weeks, William B ⁱ   Weinstein, James N ⁱ  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Colorado State University and the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at the Colorado School of Public Health   (United States)

^c Euclid Hospital Cleveland Clinic   (United States)

^d Orthopedic and Rheumatologic Research Centers   (United States)

^e INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^f DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^h Institute for Health Care Delivery Research   (United States)

ⁱ DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COMORBIDITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT CARE; SURGEON; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; WORKLOAD;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84862898955     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2011.0935     Document Type: Article

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