Can Administrative Data Be Used to Analyze Complications Following Total Joint Arthroplasty?

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 17-20

  Clair, Andrew James ^a   Inneh, Ifeoma A ^a   Iorio, Richard ^a   Berend, Keith R ^b   Della Valle, Craig J ^c   Healy, William L ^d   Pelligrini, Vincent D ^e,f  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^b Joint Implant Surgeons Inc   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NEWTON WELLESLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Administrative data; Complications; Healthcare quality; Total hip arthroplasty; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES LIMITED DATASET; CODING AND CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; ICD-9; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOINT INSTABILITY; JOINT STIFFNESS; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OSTEOLYSIS; PERIPROSTHETIC FRACTURE; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VALIDATION STUDY; WOUND COMPLICATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; FACTUAL DATABASE; GOVERNMENT; HIP REPLACEMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; KNEE REPLACEMENT; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84940861039     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2015.01.060     Document Type: Article

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