Impact of knee osteoarthritis on health care resource utilization in a US population-based national sample

Medical Care

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 785-791

  Wright, Elizabeth A ^a   Katz, Jeffrey N ^a,b   Cisternas, Miriam G ^c   Kessler, Courtenay L ^a   Wagenseller, Aubrey ^a   Losina, Elena ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MGC Data Services   (United States)

Author keywords

comorbidities; health care utilization; knee osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY WARD; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; OBESITY; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; MEDICARE PART A; MEDICARE PART B; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955983760     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181e419b1     Document Type: Article

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