Impact of Definition and Timeframe on Capturing Surgery-Related Readmissions After Primary Joint Arthroplasty

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 3563-3567

  Chen, Brian P ^a   Dobransky, Johanna ^b   Poitras, Stephane ^a   Forster, Alan ^b   Beaulé, Paul E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

arthroplasty; quality; readmission; safety; THA; TKA

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; FRACTURE NONUNION; HIP DISLOCATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; JOINT STIFFNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PAIN; PERIPROSTHETIC FRACTURE; PERIPROSTHETIC JOINT INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; WOUND COMPLICATION; HIP REPLACEMENT; KNEE REPLACEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD;

EID: 85025447626     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2017.06.039     Document Type: Article

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