The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume
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J Bone Joint Surg Am · Nov 2015
ReviewDatabase and Registry Research in Orthopaedic Surgery: Part 2: Clinical Registry Data.
The use of large-scale national databases for observational research in orthopaedic surgery has grown substantially in the last decade, and the data sets can be categorized as either administrative claims or clinical registries. Clinical registries contain secondary data on patients with a specific diagnosis or procedure. The data are typically used for patient outcome surveillance to improve patient safety and health-care quality. ⋯ Within the U. S., national joint registry adoption has lagged international joint registries. Given the changing health-care environment, it is likely that clinical registries will provide valuable information that has the potential to influence clinical practice improvement and health-care policy in the future.