title: Comparison of the information in arthroplasty registers from different countries.
abstract: This article considers some of the problems of the interpretation of information from other national arthroplasty registers when setting up a new register. In order for the most useful information to be available from registers much international co-operation is required between all those responsible for the design of registers as well as those who gather, assess and publish the data.
authors.affiliation: Orthopaedic Department, Medical University Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria. gerold.labek@efort.org
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Labek
authors.forename: C I
authors.initials: CI
authors.lastname: Stoica
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Böhler
mesh_terms: D001178:Arthroplasty; D006801:Humans; D007254:Information Science; D007391:International Cooperation; D009985:Orthopedics; D012042:Registries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016896:Treatment Outcome