Gender inequity in the provision of care for hip disease: Population-based cross-sectional study

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 640-645

  Juni P ^a   Low, N ^a   Reichenbach, S ^a,b   Villiger, P M ^b   Williams, S ^c   Dieppe, P A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender inequity; General practice; Health care provision; Osteoarthritis; Population based study; Somerset and Avon Survey of Health (SASH); Specialist care; Total hip replacement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH DISPARITY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HIP DISEASE; HIP PAIN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGEON; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77952552572     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2009.12.010     Document Type: Article

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