Factors determining discharge destination for patients undergoing total joint arthroplasty

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Sharareh, Behnam ^a,b   Le, Natasha B ^a,b   Hoang, Melinda T ^a,b   Schwarzkopf, Ran ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Transportation Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Discharge destination; Length of stay; Physical therapy; Post operative care; Skilled nursing facilities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; ASA PHYSICAL CLASSIFICATION SCORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISCHARGE DESTINATION; EUROQOL 5 DIMENSION SCORE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HOME; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; TIMED GET UP AND GO SCORE; TOTAL JOINT ARTHROPLASTY; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

DISCHARGE DESTINATION; LENGTH OF STAY; PHYSICAL THERAPY; POST-OPERATIVE CARE; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES;

EID: 84902824739     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2014.02.001     Document Type: Article

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