Is check-up on demand non-inferior to routine follow-up at one year after total hip or knee arthroplasty in terms of clinical outcomes and cost-effectiveness? Protocol for a randomized stepped-wedge hybrid effectiveness de-implementation trial

• Ariena J. Rasker ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: A.Rasker@olvg.nl

  Affiliations Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Joint Research, OLVG Hospital, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1257-3012

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• Lidy A. C. Roubos,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Joint Research, OLVG Hospital, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands

  https://orcid.org/0009-0009-4271-8786

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• Dominique C. Baas,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tergooi Medical Center, Hilversum, the Netherlands

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0989-9828

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• Ronald A. W. Verhagen,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tergooi Medical Center, Hilversum, the Netherlands

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• Lex D. de Jong,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics, Rijnstate Hospital, Arnhem, the Netherlands

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• Marijn Rutgers,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department Orthopaedic Surgery, Reinier Haga Orthopedic Center, Zoetermeer, the Netherlands

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• Sigrid N. W. Vorrink,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Joint Research, OLVG Hospital, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8106-2064

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• Jantsje H. Pasma,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department Orthopaedic Surgery, Reinier Haga Orthopedic Center, Zoetermeer, the Netherlands

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8769-1021

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• Rudolf W. Poolman,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Joint Research, OLVG Hospital, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands

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• Nienke W. Willigenburg

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Joint Research, OLVG Hospital, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3698-7658

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