Development of a decision aid to address racial disparities in utilization of knee replacement surgery

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 568-575

  Weng, Haoling H ^a   Kaplan, Robert M ^a   Boscardin, W John ^a   MacLean, Catherine H ^a   Lee, Irene Y ^b   Chen, Weiling ^b   FitzGerald, John D ^b,c  

^a Wellpoint Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Rehab Building 32 59 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; Informed decision making; Total knee replacement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERAN;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; DECISION MAKING; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERANS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 34248592243     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.22670     Document Type: Conference Paper

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