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Preoperative patients’ health decrease moderately, while hospital costs increase for hip and knee replacement due to the first COVID-19 lockdown in Germany

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was a comparison between osteoarthritis patients with primary hip and knee replacements before, during and after the first COVID-19 lockdown in Germany. Patients’ preoperative health status is assumed to decrease, owing to delayed surgeries. Costs for patients with...

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Autores principales: Schatz, Caroline, Leidl, Reiner, Plötz, Werner, Bredow, Katharina, Buschner, Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8868037/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35211774
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00167-022-06904-9