Obesity increases length of stay and direct medical costs in total hip arthroplasty

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 472, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1232-1239

  Maradit Kremers, Hilal ^a   Visscher, Sue L ^a   Kremers, Walter K ^a   Naessens, James M ^a   Lewallen, David G ^b  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BODY MASS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; BODY MASS INDEX; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84896379969     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-013-3316-9     Document Type: Article

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