Geographical variation in the provision of elective primary hip and knee replacement: The role of socio-demographic, hospital and distance variables

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 413-422

  Judge, Andy ^a   Welton, Nicky J ^a   Sandhu, Jat ^b   Ben Shlomo, Yoav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Access; Geographical variation; Hip replacement; Hospital admission; Inequality; Knee replacement

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ETHNIC GROUP; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENGLAND; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALS, STATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATE MEDICINE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 70349567008     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdp061     Document Type: Article

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