Total joint replacement: implication of cancelled operations for hospital costs and waiting list management.
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Total joint replacement: implication of cancelled operations for hospital costs and waiting list management.
OBJECTIVE To identify aspects of provision of total joint replacements which could be improved. DESIGN 10 month prospective study of hospital admissions and hospital costs for patients whose total joint replacement was cancelled. SETTING Information and Waiting List Unit, Musgrave Park Regional Orthopaedic Service, Belfast. PATIENTS 284 consecutive patients called for admission for total ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Quality and Safety in Health Care
سال: 1992
ISSN: 1475-3898,1475-3901
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.1.1.34