Defining racial and ethnic disparities in THA and TKA

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 469, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1817-1823

  Irgit, Kaan ^a   Nelson, Charles L ^a  

^a GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CONFERENCE PAPER; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH LITERACY; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MEDLINE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 79959557897     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-011-1885-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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