Are African American patients more likely to receive a total knee arthroplasty in a low-quality hospital?

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 470, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1185-1193

  Cai, Xueya ^a,b   Cram, Peter ^a,b   Vaughan Sarrazin, Mary ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84859852713     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-011-2032-6     Document Type: Article

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