Association of early ambulation with length of stay and costs in total knee arthroplasty: Retrospective cohort study

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 962-970

  Pua, Yong Hao ^a   Ong, Peck Hoon ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Arthroplasty; Costs; Early Ambulation; Knee; Length of Stay; Practice Variation

Indexed keywords

AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILIZATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; REHABILITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGAPORE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; COHORT STUDIES; COST SAVINGS; EARLY AMBULATION; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84914706951     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: 15377385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHM.0000000000000116     Document Type: Article

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