Health-Related Quality of Life and Appropriateness of Knee or Hip Joint Replacement
Open Access
- 23 January 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of internal medicine (1960)
- Vol. 166 (2) , 220-226
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.166.2.220
Abstract
As life expectancies increase, the rates of hip joint and knee replacement are expected to increase.1-3 Although these procedures are expensive,4-6 they also are among the most effective in terms of patient benefits. Substantial variations in the indications for a variety of surgical procedures, including hip joint and knee replacement, have been reported during the last 20 years.7,8This publication has 20 references indexed in Scilit:
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