Seminars in Arthroplasty
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 14-18 , March 2010

Development of Quality-of-Care Indicators for Patients Undergoing Total Hip or Total Knee Replacement

  • Nelson F. SooHoo, MD

      Affiliations

    • UCLA Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Nelson F. SooHoo, MD, UCLA Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, 10945 Le Conte Ave., PVUB 3355, Los Angeles, CA 90095
    • ,
  • Jay R. Lieberman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT, USA
    • ,
  • Eugene Farng, MD

      Affiliations

    • UCLA Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Samuel Park, MD

      Affiliations

    • UCLA Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Sushma Jain, BS

      Affiliations

    • Center for Surgical Outcomes and Quality, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Clifford Y. Ko, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA

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 This study is supported by a grant from the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation.

PII: S1045-4527(09)00109-6

doi: 10.1053/j.sart.2009.12.023

Seminars in Arthroplasty
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 14-18 , March 2010

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