Orthopedic communication about osteoarthritis treatment: Does patient race matter?

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 635-642

  Hausmann, Leslie R M ^a   Hanusa, Barbara H ^a   Kresevic, Denise M ^b   Zickmund, Susan ^a   Ling, Bruce S ^a   Gordon, Howard S ^c   Kwoh, C Kent ^a   Mor, Maria K ^a   Hannon, Michael J ^a   Cohen, Peter Z ^d   Grant, Richard ^b   Ibrahim, Said A ^e  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; APPLICATION SERVICE PROVIDER; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; BIOMEDICINE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOPEDICS; PATIENT REFERRAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDY DESIGN; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNICATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; OHIO; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PENNSYLVANIA; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79958817120     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.20429     Document Type: Article

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