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Productivity improvements in hip and knee surgery.

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Sloan, FA; George, LK; Hu, L
Published in: Arthritis
January 2014

Productivity improvements that occur as technologies become widely used are not well documented. This study measured secular trends over 1998-2010 in productivity of hip and knee procedures gauged in terms of changes in physical function and pain after versus before surgery. We used data from the Health and Retirement Study. Health outcomes from surgery were measured by 6 physical functioning scales and 2 pain indicators. We used propensity score matching to obtain nonsurgery control groups. Not only were there substantial improvements in physical functioning and pain reduction after receipt of these procedures in all years, but also we documented improvements in health outcomes over time. Largest improvements were for reductions in numbers of Activity and Instrumental Activity of Daily Living limitations for knee procedures.

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Arthritis

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2090-1992

ISSN

2090-1984

Publication Date

January 2014

Volume

2014

Start / End Page

615784

Related Subject Headings

  • 3202 Clinical sciences
 

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Sloan, F. A., George, L. K., & Hu, L. (2014). Productivity improvements in hip and knee surgery. Arthritis, 2014, 615784. https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/615784
Sloan, Frank A., Linda K. George, and Linyan Hu. “Productivity improvements in hip and knee surgery.Arthritis 2014 (January 2014): 615784. https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/615784.
Sloan FA, George LK, Hu L. Productivity improvements in hip and knee surgery. Arthritis. 2014 Jan;2014:615784.
Sloan, Frank A., et al. “Productivity improvements in hip and knee surgery.Arthritis, vol. 2014, Jan. 2014, p. 615784. Epmc, doi:10.1155/2014/615784.
Sloan FA, George LK, Hu L. Productivity improvements in hip and knee surgery. Arthritis. 2014 Jan;2014:615784.

Published In

Arthritis

DOI

EISSN

2090-1992

ISSN

2090-1984

Publication Date

January 2014

Volume

2014

Start / End Page

615784

Related Subject Headings

  • 3202 Clinical sciences