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Is It Time We Changed How We Measure Length of Stay for Hip and Knee Arthroplasty?

INTRODUCTION: Patient length of stay (LOS) for lower limb arthroplasty is a frequently quoted outcome measure. However, the use of mean values in days is prone to being skewed by outliers. METHODS: Between January 2013 and December 2015, patient LOS for primary hip and knee replacement was collected...

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Autores principales: McCulloch, Robert, Cottingham, Paul, Chrismas, Bryna, Pearce, Oliver
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6132329/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30211359
http://dx.doi.org/10.5435/JAAOSGlobal-D-17-00032