Access to hip and knee replacement surgery in patients with chronic diseases according to patient-reported pain and functional status

• Main Authors: Bélène Podmore (Author), Andrew Hutchings (Author), Sujith Konan (Author), John Robson (Author), Jan van der Meulen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background An increasing number of patients undergoing hip or knee replacement have chronic diseases. It has been suggested that the presence of chronic diseases may affect access to this type of surgery in the English National Health Service (NHS). We examined the access to hip and knee re...