Impact of Alternative Coding Schemes on Incidence Rates of Key Complications After Total Hip Arthroplasty

Background: Administrative data are commonly used to examine orthopedic outcomes including total hip arthroplasty (THA), but little is known about how minor analytic decisions impact results. Our objective was to examine how the rates of 3 adverse outcomes (deep vein thrombosis [DVT], pulmonary embo...

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Main Authors: Peter Cram MD, MBA, Said A. Ibrahim MD, MPH, Xin Lu MS, Brian R. Wolf MD, MS
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:English
Publicado em: SAGE Publishing 2012-03-01
Colecção:Geriatric Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation
Acesso em linha:https://doi.org/10.1177/2151458511435723