Abstract
Copyright: © 2014 Espineira CH, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Arthrosis is highly prevalent in Western countries and knee or hip replacement surgery is very costly, with wide variations in medical practice. The objective of our study, entitled “Total knee and hip prosthesis: variables associated with costs”, was to identify variables that affect the cost of hip and knee replacement surgeries.
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Carmen Herrera Espiñeira*, Antonio Escobar, Jose Luis Navarrro Espigares, Juan de Dios Luna Del Castillo, Lidia García Pérez and Amparo Godoy Montijano Quality Teaching and School of Enfermerıa Hospital Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain
We considered three model groups that differed in the method of quality of life assessment: the social tariff of the general questionnaire European Quality of Life-5 Dimensions (EQ-5D), the two dimensions in the general questionnaire Short Form-12 (SF-12), and the three dimensions in the arthrosis-specific questionnaire Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC)
Costs were lower in larger hospitals than in those with
Summary
Carmen Herrera Espiñeira*, Antonio Escobar, Jose Luis Navarrro Espigares, Juan de Dios Luna Del Castillo, Lidia García Pérez and Amparo Godoy Montijano Quality Teaching and School of Enfermerıa Hospital Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain. Our prospective multicenter study included 1,137 patients scheduled for total hip or knee replacement surgery in 15 hospitals in three Spanish autonomous communities (regions). Data were gathered on a wide range of variables that could affect costs.
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