Do "premium" joint implants add value?: analysis of high cost joint implants in a community registry.

Gioe, Terence J

Do "premium" joint implants add value?: analysis of high cost joint implants in a community registry. [electronic resource] - Clinical orthopaedics and related research Jan 2011 - 48-54 p. digital

Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article

1528-1132

10.1007/s11999-010-1436-z doi


Aged
Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip--economics
Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee--economics
Community Health Services--economics
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Female
Health Care Costs
Hip Prosthesis--economics
Humans
Kaplan-Meier Estimate
Knee Prosthesis--economics
Male
Middle Aged
Minnesota
Models, Economic
Patient Selection
Proportional Hazards Models
Prosthesis Design
Prosthesis Failure
Registries
Reoperation
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Time Factors
Treatment Outcome