Relation between surgeon volume and risk of complications after total hip arthroplasty: Propensity score matched cohort study

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 348, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Ravi, Bheeshma ^a   Jenkinson, Richard ^a   Austin, Peter C ^b,c   Croxford, Ruth ^b   Wasserstein, David ^a   Escott, Benjamin ^a   Paterson, J Michael ^b,c   Kreder, Hans ^a,b,c   Hawker, Gillian A ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISLOCATION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPROSTHETIC FRACTURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SURGEON; SURGICAL RISK; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; LOW VOLUME HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, LOW-VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 84901475007     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g3284     Document Type: Article

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