Impact of Alternative Coding Schemes on Incidence Rates of Key Complications After Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Risk-Adjusted Analysis of a National Data Set

Geriatric Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-26

  Cram, Peter ^a,b   Ibrahim, Said A ^c   Lu, Xin ^a   Wolf, Brian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

administrative data; hip arthroplasty; Medicare; outcomes; quality of care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993736047     PISSN: 21514585     EISSN: 21514593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2151458511435723     Document Type: Article

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