Economic evaluation of web-based compared with in-person follow-up after total joint arthroplasty

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - American Volume

Volumn 96, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 1910-1916

  Marsh, Jacquelyn ^a   Hoch, Jeffrey S ^b   Bryant, Dianne ^a   MacDonald, Steven J ^c   Naudie, Douglas ^c   McCalden, Richard ^c   Howard, James ^c   Bourne, Robert ^c   McAuley, James ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TRAVEL; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; POSTOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 84911405873     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.M.01558     Document Type: Article

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