Evaluation of centers of excellence program for knee and hip replacement

Medical Care

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 28-36

  Mehrotra, Ateev ^a,b   Sloss, Elizabeth M ^a   Hussey, Peter S ^a   Adams, John L ^a   Lovejoy, Susan ^a   Soohoo, Nelson F ^c  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

centers of excellence; cost analysis; hip arthroplasty; hip replacement; knee arthroplasty; knee replacement; Orthopedic surgery; outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871563678     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3182699407     Document Type: Article

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