Age and racial/ethnic disparities in arthritis-related hip and knee surgeries.

BACKGROUND: Nearly 18 million Americans experience limitations due to their arthritis. Documented disparities according to racial/ethnic groups in the use of surgical interventions such as knee and hip arthroplasty are largely based on data from Medicare beneficiaries age 65 or older. Whether there...

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Publicado en:Medical Care Vol. 46; no. 2; pp. 200 - 209
Autores principales: Dunlop DD, Manheim LM, Song J, Sohn M, Feinglass JM, Chang HJ, Chang RW
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2008 Feb
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