Disparities in total knee replacements: A review

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 562-567

  Kane, Robert L ^a,c   Wilt, Timothy ^a   Suarez Almazor, Maria E ^b   Fu, Steven S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHRITIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGEON; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34248550606     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.22675     Document Type: Conference Paper

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