Health Technol Assess 2019;23(32) July 2019
- Use of the Arthroplasty Candidacy Help Engine (ACHE) tool helps doctors decide who to refer for joint replacement and prevents patients who are unlikely to benefit from joint replacement being referred unnecessarily. This review examines the evidence to support the use of patient-reported outcome measures in setting preoperative thresholds for referral for hip and knee replacement surgery, and identified the Oxford Knee Score (OKS) and Oxford Hip Score (OHS) as the most appropriate scores to use in developing the ACHE tool.
