Surgical treatment approaches and reimbursement costs of surgical site infections post hip arthroplasty in Australia: A retrospective analysis

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Merollini, Katharina M D ^a   Crawford, Ross W ^a,b   Graves, Nicholas ^a,c  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Centre for Healthcare Related Infection Surveillance and Prevention   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; Hip replacement arthroplasty; Outcome assessment; Surgical revision; Surgical wound infection

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REIMBURSEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL INFECTION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUEENSLAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84874754991     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-91     Document Type: Article

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