Use of present-on-admission indicators for complications after total knee arthroplasty: An analysis of medicare administrative data

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Cram, Peter ^a,b,c   Bozic, Kevin J ^d   Callaghan, John J ^e   Lu, Xin ^c   Li, Yue ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Complications; Medicare; Present on admission; Risk adjustment; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ICD-9-CM; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PATIENT CODING; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRESENT ON ADMISSION; SURGICAL INFECTION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

COMORBIDITY; COMPLICATIONS; MEDICARE; PRESENT-ON-ADMISSION; RISK ADJUSTMENT; TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MEDICARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84899059764     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2013.11.002     Document Type: Article

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