Outcome-based commissioning of knee arthroplasty in the NHS: system error in a national monitoring programme and the unintended consequences on achieving the Best Practice Tariff

<p><strong>Aims</strong></p> <p>Our unit was identified as a negative outlier in the national patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) programme, which has significant funding implications. As a centre that carries out a high volume of unicompartmental knee arthroplast...

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Main Authors: Middleton, R, Wilson, H, Alvand, A, Abram, S, Bottomley, N, Jackson, W, Price, A
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery 2018