Feasibility, effectiveness and costs associated with a web-based follow-up assessment following total joint arthroplasty

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1723-1728

  Marsh, Jacquelyn D ^a   Bryant, Dianne M ^a   MacDonald, Steven J ^b   Naudie, Douglas D R ^b   McCalden, Richard W ^b   Howard, James L ^b   Bourne, Robert B ^b   McAuley, James P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cost; Feasibility; Follow up; Total hip arthroplasty; Total knee arthroplasty; Web based

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPLASTY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HIP; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOLYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGERY; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; INTERNET; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD;

EID: 84928590335     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2014.04.003     Document Type: Article

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