Comparison of US and Canadian perioperative outcomes and hospital efficiency after total hip and knee arthroplasty

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 150, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 990-998

  Hart, Adam ^a   Bergeron, Stephane G ^a,b   Epure, Laura ^a,b   Huk, Olga ^a,b   Zukor, David ^a,b   Antoniou, John ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANADA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART ARREST; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REHABILITATION CENTER; RISK FACTOR; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; UNITED STATES; WOUND INFECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HOSPITAL; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CANADA; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84944754701     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2015.1239     Document Type: Article

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