The Journal of Arthroplasty
Volume 25, Issue 8 , Pages 1250-1257.e1 , December 2010

Body Mass Index and the Impact on Hospital Resource Use in Patients Undergoing Total Knee Arthroplasty

  • John A. Batsis, MD

      Affiliations

    • Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: John A. Batsis, MD, Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH 03756.
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  • James M. Naessens, ScD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Division of Health Care Policy and Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
    • ,
  • Mark T. Keegan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesia, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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  • Paul M. Huddleston, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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  • Amy E. Wagie, BS

      Affiliations

    • Division of Health Care Policy and Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
    • ,
  • Jeanne M. Huddleston, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
    • Division of Health Care Policy and Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

Received 27 March 2009 ,Accepted 11 September 2009.

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 Supplementary material available at www.arthroplastyjournal.org.

 Funding: The study was made possible through an intramural grant from the Small Grants Program, Mayo Clinic Rochester.

PII: S0883-5403(09)00561-0

doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2009.09.009

The Journal of Arthroplasty
Volume 25, Issue 8 , Pages 1250-1257.e1 , December 2010

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