Disparities in joint replacement utilization: A quality of care issue

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 6 SUPPL. 47, 2007, Pages

  Emejuaiwe, Nkechinyere ^a   Jones, Alvin C ^a   Ibrahim, Said A ^a,b   Kwoh, C Kent ^a,b  

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

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Joint replacement; Osteoarthritis; Quality of care; Racial disparities

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; DECISION MAKING; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 36448950893     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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