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Productivity Improvements in Hip and Knee Surgery
Productivity improvements that occur as technologies become widely used are not well documented. This study measured secular trends over 1998–2010 in productivity of hip and knee procedures gauged in terms of changes in physical function and pain after versus before surgery. We used data from the He...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3950645/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24701349 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/615784 |
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author | Sloan, Frank A. George, Linda K. Hu, Linyan |
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description | Productivity improvements that occur as technologies become widely used are not well documented. This study measured secular trends over 1998–2010 in productivity of hip and knee procedures gauged in terms of changes in physical function and pain after versus before surgery. We used data from the Health and Retirement Study. Health outcomes from surgery were measured by 6 physical functioning scales and 2 pain indicators. We used propensity score matching to obtain nonsurgery control groups. Not only were there substantial improvements in physical functioning and pain reduction after receipt of these procedures in all years, but also we documented improvements in health outcomes over time. Largest improvements were for reductions in numbers of Activity and Instrumental Activity of Daily Living limitations for knee procedures. |
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spelling | pubmed-39506452014-04-03 Productivity Improvements in Hip and Knee Surgery Sloan, Frank A. George, Linda K. Hu, Linyan Arthritis Research Article Productivity improvements that occur as technologies become widely used are not well documented. This study measured secular trends over 1998–2010 in productivity of hip and knee procedures gauged in terms of changes in physical function and pain after versus before surgery. We used data from the Health and Retirement Study. Health outcomes from surgery were measured by 6 physical functioning scales and 2 pain indicators. We used propensity score matching to obtain nonsurgery control groups. Not only were there substantial improvements in physical functioning and pain reduction after receipt of these procedures in all years, but also we documented improvements in health outcomes over time. Largest improvements were for reductions in numbers of Activity and Instrumental Activity of Daily Living limitations for knee procedures. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014 2014-02-20 /pmc/articles/PMC3950645/ /pubmed/24701349 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/615784 Text en Copyright © 2014 Frank A. Sloan et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Sloan, Frank A. George, Linda K. Hu, Linyan Productivity Improvements in Hip and Knee Surgery |
title | Productivity Improvements in Hip and Knee Surgery |
title_full | Productivity Improvements in Hip and Knee Surgery |
title_fullStr | Productivity Improvements in Hip and Knee Surgery |
title_full_unstemmed | Productivity Improvements in Hip and Knee Surgery |
title_short | Productivity Improvements in Hip and Knee Surgery |
title_sort | productivity improvements in hip and knee surgery |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3950645/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24701349 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/615784 |
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