TY - JOUR AU - Podmore, Bélène AU - Hutchings, Andrew AU - Durand, Mary-Alison AU - Robson, John AU - Konan, Sujith AU - van der Meulen, Jan AU - Lynch, Rebecca PY - 2018 DA - 2018/10/03 TI - Comorbidities and the referral pathway to access joint replacement surgery: an exploratory qualitative study JO - BMC Health Services Research SP - 754 VL - 18 IS - 1 AB - Variation in access to joint replacement surgery has been widely reported but less attention has been given to the impact of comorbidities on the patient journey to joint replacement surgery. There is a lack of consensus amongst healthcare professionals and commissioners about how patients with comorbidities should be referred or selected for joint replacement surgery. It is therefore important to understand the views of healthcare professionals on the management, referral and selection of patients with comorbidities for joint replacement surgery. SN - 1472-6963 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-018-3565-0 DO - 10.1186/s12913-018-3565-0 ID - Podmore2018 ER -