Increasing use of total knee replacement and revision surgery

JAMA

Volumn 308, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1266-1268

  Slover, James ^a   Zuckerman, Joseph D ^a  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMORBIDITY; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; IMPLANT REGISTRY; INFECTION RATE; LENGTH OF STAY; LIFESTYLE; MEDICARE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REOPERATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866534951     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.12644     Document Type: Editorial

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