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Access to hip and knee arthroplasty in England: commissioners’ policies for body mass index and smoking status and implications for integrated care systems

BACKGROUND: Commissioning policies are in place in England that alter access to hip and knee arthroplasty based on patients’ body mass index and smoking status. Our objectives were to ascertain the prevalence, trend and nature of these policies, and consider the implications for new integrated care...

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Autores principales: McLaughlin, Joanna, Elsey, Joshua, Kipping, Ruth, Owen-Smith, Amanda, Judge, Andrew, McLeod, Hugh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9875525/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36694173
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-08999-9