Differences between men and women in the rate of use of hip and knee arthroplasty

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 342, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 1016-1022

  Hawker, Gillian A ^a   Wright, James G ^b   Coyte, Peter C ^b   Williams, J Ivan ^b   Harvey, Bart ^b   Glazier, Richard ^b   Badley, Elizabeth M ^b  

^a WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 0034611743     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200004063421405     Document Type: Review

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