Geographical variation in incidence of primary total hip arthroplasty: A population-based analysis of 34,642 replacements

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 633-639

  Mäkelä, Keijo T ^a   Peltola, Mikko ^b   Häkkinen, Unto ^b   Remes, Ville ^c  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c PEIJAS HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Population based; Total hip arthroplasty; Variation of incidence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FINLAND; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORBIDITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; INCOME; MANPOWER; ORTHOPEDICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MORBIDITY; ORTHOPEDICS; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 77953064179     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-009-0919-4     Document Type: Article

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