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Table 1 Characteristics of the experts (n = 37) who completed the external rounds

From: AQUILA: assessment of quality in lower limb arthroplasty. An expert Delphi consensus for total knee and total hip arthroplasty

 

Count

Area of expertisea

 

   • Hip surgery

24

   • Knee surgery

20

   • Evidence Based Medicine

11

   • Otherb

7

Background*

 

   • Academic

27

   • Public

9

   • Private

6

   • Otherc

2

  1. a Multiple answers for each expert are possible. Therefore the total is more than 37.
  2. b One expert indicated "Implant Biology" in the other field. The remaining 6 answers in the other field were in addition to "Hip surgery", "Knee surgery" or "EBM"
  3. c One expert indicated "Private Research Center" in the other field. The remaining answer in the other field was in addition to "Private Hospital".