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9633333

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-7-9
pubmed:abstractText
Using critical pathways, with variance analysis and continuous quality improvement techniques to refine the pathways, the efficiency of total hip and total knee surgeries in one academic health center was maximized. Using a retrospective cohort study design, complications, readmissions, morbidity/mortality, and function scores were examined in two groups of patients attended by the same surgeon for the year before and the year after the implementation of an outcomes management program. The length of stay was reduced by 57% for knee patients and by 46% for hip patients. Hospital costs were reduced 11% for all knees and 38% for hips. Complications were also significantly reduced. There was no statistically significant difference between pre- or postoperative knee or hip outcome scores. The program resulted in significant savings without adversely affecting overall outcome.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
N
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0887-6274
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
122-9; quiz 130-1
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Outcomes assessment of total hip and total knee arthroplasty: critical pathways, variance analysis, and continuous quality improvement.
pubmed:affiliation
University Hospital, San Antonio, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comment