Disparities in major joint replacement surgery among adults with medicare supplement insurance

Population Health Management

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 231-238

  Hawkins, Kevin ^a   Escoto, Kamisha Hamilton ^a   Ozminkowski, Ronald J ^a   Bhattarai, Gandhi R ^a   Migliori, Richard J ^b   Yeh, Charlotte S ^c  

^a Ingenix   (United States)

^b OPTUM   (United States)

^c AARP   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; JOINT PROSTHESIS; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MENTAL HEALTH; MINORITY GROUP; OBESITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, MEDIGAP; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICARE; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80054045132     PISSN: 19427891     EISSN: 19427905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pop.2010.0042     Document Type: Article

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