Prioritization of patients on scheduled waiting lists: validation of a scoring system for hip and knee arthroplasty

摘要

IntroductionThe hip and knee replacement priority criteria tool (HKPT) is 1 of 5 tools developed by the Western Canada Waiting List Project for setting priorities among patients awaiting elective procedures. We set out to assess the validity of the HKPT priority criteria score (PCS) and map the maximum acceptable waiting times (MAWTs) for patients to levels of urgency.