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CORR Insights®: The National Hospital Discharge Survey and the Nationwide Inpatient Sample: The Databases Used Affect Results in THA Research

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  1. Division of General Internal Medicine, Toronto General Hospital, 200 Elizabeth Street, Eaton 14th Floor, Toronto, ON, M5G 2C4, Canada

    Peter Cram MD, MBA

  2. University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Peter Cram MD, MBA

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This CORR Insights® is a commentary on the article “The National Hospital Discharge Survey and the Nationwide Inpatient Sample: The Databases Used Affect Results in THA Research” by Bekkers and colleagues available at: DOI: 10.1007/s11999-014-3836-y.

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The opinions expressed are those of the writers, and do not reflect the opinion or policy of CORR ® or the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons®.

This CORR Insights® comment refers to the article available at DOI: 10.1007/s11999-014-3836-y.

PC is supported by a K24 award from NIAMS (AR062133). This work is also funded in-part by R01 AG033035 from NIA at the NIH.

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Cram, P. CORR Insights®: The National Hospital Discharge Survey and the Nationwide Inpatient Sample: The Databases Used Affect Results in THA Research. Clin Orthop Relat Res 472, 3450–3451 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-014-3894-1

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