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The Kaiser Permanente National Total Joint Replacement Registry (TJRR)
URL: http://xnet.kp.org/permanentejournal/sum08/joint-replacement.html

Description:
2007 article about the TJRR, "a national level database designed as a postmarket surveillance system for elective total hip and knee replacement. ... [It] has provided a mechanism for recalls, identified patients at risk for early revisions and changed practice by providing feedback to physicians." Describes data collection methods and sources, volume and participation, results, and changes in clinical best practices as part of the dynamic feedback mechanism. From the Permanente Journal, Kaiser Permanente.

LII Topics: Joint Replacement, Medical Treatments & Devices

Publisher:
The Permanente Journal, Kaiser Permanente

Extra Keywords
artificial joint

LII Database Information:
Record 26655 created by Maria Brandt on 08/04/2008
Last modification on 08/04/2008
Published: 08/13/2008  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/26655

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