Racial disparity in knee arthroplasty utilization in the Veterans Health Administration

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 979-981

  Jones, Alvin ^a   Kwoh, C Kent ^a   Kelley, Mary E ^b   Ibrahim, Said A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; RACE DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PATIENT SELECTION; PENNSYLVANIA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VETERANS;

EID: 29144447768     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.21596     Document Type: Article

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