Trends and geographical variation of primary hip and knee joint replacement in Germany

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 279-288

  Schafer T ^a   Pritzkuleit, R ^b   Jeszenszky, C ^c   Malzahn, J ^d   Maier, W ^e   Gunther K P ^c   Niethard, F ^a  

^a German Society of Surgery   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^d Federal Association of Local Health Funds (AOK BV)   (Germany)

^e INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Geographical variation; Health services research; Hip replacement; Knee replacement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EXPECTATION; EXPLANATORY VARIABLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GERMANY; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84872666887     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: 15229653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2012.11.006     Document Type: Article

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