- Dowsey M M, Kilgour M L, Santamaria N M, et al. Clinical pathways in hip and knee arthroplasty: a prospective randomised controlled study. Med J Aust 1999; 170: 59–62
- Hayes J H, Cleary R, Gillespie W J, et al. Are clinical and patient assessed outcomes affected by reducing length of hospital stay for total hip arthroplasty?. J Arthroplasty 2000; 15: 448–52
- Healy W L, Iorio R, Ko J, et al. Impact of cost reduction programs on short-term patient outcome and hospital cost of total knee arthroplasty. J Bone Joint Surg (Am) 2002; 84: 348–53
- Kehlet H, Wilmore D W. Multimodal strategies to improve surgical outcome. Am J Surg 2002; 183: 630–41
- Kim D M, Brecher M E, Estes T J. Relationship of hemoglobin level and duration of hospitalization after total hip arthroplasty: implications for the transfusion target. Mayo Clin Proc 1993; 68: 37–41
- Liebergall M, Soskolne V, Mattan Y, et al. Preadmission screening of patients scheduled for hip and knee replacement: impact of length of stay. Clin Perform Qual Health Care 1999; 7: 17–22
- Mahomed N N, Barrett J A, Katz J N, et al. Rates and outcomes of primary and revision total hip replacement in the United States medicare population. J Bone Joint Surg (Am) 2003; 85: 27–32
- Mauerhan D R, Lonergan R P, Mokris J G, et al. Relationship between length of stay and dislocation rate after total hip arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty 2003; 18: 963–7
- McDonald S, Hetrick S, Green S. Pre-operative education for hip or knee replacement. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2004, 1: CD003526
- Pearson S, Moraw I, Maddern G J. Clinical pathway management of total knee arthroplasty: a retrospective comparative study. Aust N Z J Surg 2000; 70: 351–4
- Rissanen P, Aro S, Paavolainen P. Hospital- and patient-related characteristics determining length of hospital stay for hip and replacements. Int J Technol Assess Health Care 1996; 12: 325–35
- Scranton P E. The cost effectiveness of streamlined care pathways and product standardization in total knee arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty 1999; 14(2)182–6
- Wang A, Ackland T, Hall S, et al. Functional recovery and timing of hospital discharge after primary total hip arthroplasty. Aust N Z J Surg 1998; 68: 580–3
- Wasielewski R C, Weed H, Prezioso C, et al. Patient comor-bidity: relationship to outcomes of total knee arthroplasty. Clin Orthop 1998, 356: 85–92
- Watkins J R, Bryan S, Muris N M A, et al. Examining the influence of picture archiving communication systems and other factors upon the length of stay for patients with total hip and total knee replacements. Int J Technol Assess Health Care 1999; 15: 497–505
- Weingarten S, Riedinger M S, Sandhu M, et al. Can practice guidelines safely reduce hospital length of stay? Results from a multicenter interventional study. Am J Med 1998; 105: 33–40
Acta Orthopaedica
Volume 79, 2008 - Issue 2