A protocol for a survey of patient perceptions about outpatient joint replacement surgery (The RAAPID survey)

Abstract

Background: Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and total hip arthroplasty (THA), are the second and third most common surgical procedures performed in Canada, accounting for more than 600,000 acute care bed days and over $1 billion CAD in healthcare spending. The demand for these procedures, both in Canada and internationally, is only expected to increase. Same-day discharge has been demonstrated to be safe and effective in properly selected …

Authors

Woolnough T; Madden K; Adili A; Khanna V; deBeer J; Winemaker M; Wood T; Tushinski D

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Publication Date

January 3, 2019

DOI

10.7287/peerj.preprints.27464v1

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Kim Madden

Associate Professor (Part-Time), Faculty of Health Sciences

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