Prepared for:

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

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Rockville, MD 20850

www.ahrq.gov

Contract No. 290-02-0009, Task Order #2

Prepared by:

Minnesota Evidence-based Practice Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Investigators

Robert L. Kane, MD

Khaled J. Saleh, MD, MSc, FRCSC

Timothy J. Wilt, MD, MPH

Boris Bershadsky, PhD

William W. Cross III, BA

Roderick M. MacDonald, MS

Indulis Rutks, BS

AHRQ Publication No. 04-E006-2

December 2003

ISBN: 1-58763-097-4

ISSN:: 1530-4396

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AHRQ is the lead Federal agency charged with supporting research designed to improve the quality of health care, reduce its cost, address patient safety and medical errors, and broaden access to essential services. AHRQ sponsors and conducts research that provides evidence-based information on health care outcomes; quality; and cost, use, and access. The information helps health care decisionmakerspatients and clinicians, health system leaders, and policymakersmake more informed decisions and improve the quality of health care services.

Suggested Citation:

Kane RL, Saleh KJ, Wilt TJ, Bershadsky B, Cross WW III, MacDonald RM, Rutks I. Total Knee Replacement. Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 86 (Prepared by the Minnesota Evidence-based Practice Center, Minneapolis, MN). AHRQ Publication No. 04-E006-2. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. December 2003.