Who gets referred for knee or hip replacement? A theoretical model of the potential impact of evidence-based referral thresholds using data from a retrospective review of clinic records from an English musculoskeletal referral hub

Who gets referred for knee or hip replacement? A theoretical model of the potential impact of evidence-based referral thresholds using data from a retrospective review of clinic records from an English musculoskeletal referral hub

Objectives To estimate the relationship between patient characteristics and referral decisions made by musculoskeletal hubs, and to assess the possible impact of an evidence-based referral tool.Design Retrospective analysis of medical records and decision tree model evaluating policy changes using l...

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Main Authors: Andrew J Price, Andrew Judge, Alastair Gray, Rachael Gooberman-Hill, David Beard, Adrian Sayers, Rob Middleton, Stephanie Smith, Karen L Barker, David Murray, Sujin Kang, Elena Benedetto, James Smith, Ray Fitzpatrick, Helen A Dakin, Peter Eibich, Nigel Arden, Andy Carr, Kristina Harris, Elizabeth Gibbons, Jill Dawson, Laura Miller, Elsa Marques, Ashley Blom
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020-07-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/7/e028915.full
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