Integrated care pathways in lower-limb arthroplasty: Are they effective in reducing length of hospital stay?

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1157-1163

  Mertes, Stephan Christian ^a   Raut, Shruti ^a   Khanduja, Vikas ^a,b  

^a CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PATHWAY; DAY OF SURGERY ADMISSION RATE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INTEGRATED CARE PATHWAY; KNEE PROSTHESIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE LENGTH OF STAY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84878628211     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: 14325195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-013-1829-1     Document Type: Article

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