Association between hospital and surgeon procedure volume and outcomes of orthopaedic surgery: caveats for interpretation of data and policy applications.

Authors :: Saroff, Don A.
Clark, Charles R.
Heckman, James D.
Katz, Jeffrey N.
Losina, Elena
Barrett, Jane
Phillips, Charlotte B.
Mahomed, Nizar N.
Harris, William H.
Poss, Robert
Baron, John A.
Source :: Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, American Volume; Sep2002, Vol. 84 Issue 9, p1715-1716, 2p
Publication Year :: 2002
Abstract: Presents a letter to the editor in response to the article "Association Between Hospital and Surgeon Procedure Volume and Outcomes of Total Hip Replacement in the United States Medicare Population,' by Katz et al. with a response from the authors.

Subjects :: LETTERS to the editor
TOTAL hip replacement
MEDICARE
HOSPITAL statistics
HEALTH outcome assessment
POLICY sciences
STATISTICS
EMPLOYEES' workload
DATA analysis

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