Readmission and length of stay after total hip arthroplasty in a national medicare sample

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 26, Issue SUPPL. 6, 2011, Pages 119-123

  Vorhies, John S ^a   Wang, Yun ^b   Herndon, James ^c   Maloney, William J ^a   Huddleston, James I ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b QUALIDIGM   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Length of hospital stay; Medicare; Total hip arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; OBESITY; PATIENT SAFETY; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

EID: 84868304449     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2011.04.036     Document Type: Article

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