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Research Article

The effect of hospital volume on length of stay, re-admissions, and complications of total hip arthroplasty

A population-based register analysis of 72 hospitals and 30,266 replacements

Keijo T Mäkelä Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Turku University Central HospitalCorrespondence[email protected]
,
Unto Häkkinen National Institute for Health and Welfare
,
Mikko Peltola National Institute for Health and Welfare
,
Miika Linna National Institute for Health and Welfare
,
Heikki Kröger Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Kuopio University Hospital
&
Ville Remes Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Peijas Hospital, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland
Pages 20-26 | Received 08 Feb 2010, Accepted 17 Jul 2010, Published online: 11 Nov 2010

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