Joint replacement surgeries among medicare beneficiaries in rural compared with urban areas

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3554-3562

  Francis, Mark L ^a   Scaife, Steven L ^a   Zahnd, Whitney E ^a   Cook, E Francis ^b   Schneeweiss, Sebastian ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 73249142570     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.25004     Document Type: Article

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