title: Orthopaedic Healthcare Worldwide: The Role of Standardization in Improving Outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, USA.
authors.forename: Karl M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Koenig
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery and Perioperative Care, Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin, 1400 Barbara Jordan Blvd, Suite 1.114, Austin, TX, 78723, USA. kevin.bozic@austin.utexas.edu.
authors.forename: Kevin J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Bozic
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D019091:Critical Pathways / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D014943:Global Health / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000592:standards; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006801:Humans; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D017064:Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D058996:Quality Improvement / Q000592:standards; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care / Q000592:standards; D016896:Treatment Outcome