hta_ knee intro.qxp - Ministero della Salute
hta_ knee intro.qxp - Ministero della Salute
hta_ knee intro.qxp - Ministero della Salute
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Acronyms and abbreviations<br />
Agenas Agenzia nazionale per i servizi sanitari regionali<br />
AOAJRR Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Register<br />
ASA class ASA stands for American Society of Anesthesiologists. It is a six category<br />
physical status classification system for assessing a patient before<br />
surgery.<br />
Assobiomedica Association of producers and distributors of medical devices<br />
AU Australia<br />
BMI Body Mass Index<br />
CI Confidence interval<br />
CR Cruciate retaining<br />
CUD Commissione Unica Dispositivi medici, Ministerial Committee on Medical<br />
Devices<br />
DRG Diagnosis related group<br />
EAR European Arthroplasty Register<br />
EFORT European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and<br />
Traumatology<br />
ER Emilia-Romagna<br />
ICD-9-CM International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical<br />
Modification<br />
ICER Incremental cost-effectiveness ratio<br />
INHS Italian National Health Service<br />
IRCCS Clinical research centres<br />
ISS Istituto Superiore di Sanità<br />
K-M Kaplan-Meier<br />
Knee System Total <strong>knee</strong> prosthesis<br />
MLHSP Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Policy<br />
NZJRR New Zealand Joint Replacement Register<br />
OA Osteoarthritis<br />
P.A. Provincie Autonome, regional equivalent<br />
PMMA Polymethylmethacrylate<br />
PS Posterior stabilised<br />
RA Reumathoid arthritis<br />
RCT Randomised Controlled Trial<br />
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