PSU33 Relationship Between Patient Characteristics and Discharge Destination Following Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA)
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Factors Influencing Discharge Destination After Total Knee Arthroplasty
INTRODUCTION The demand for total knee arthroplasty (TKA) continues to challenge hospital financial resources. Hospitals have countered this economic demand by reducing patient length of stay (LoS), thus requiring a higher utilization of extended care facilities (ECF) and home with home health care (HHC). With an increase in the number of insured low-income families following the Affordable Car...
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عنوان ژورنال: Value in Health
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1098-3015
DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2012.03.436