Variability in recommendations for total knee arthroplasty among rheumatologists and orthopedic surgeons

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 47-52

  Fraenkel, Liana ^a,b   Suter, Lisa ^a,b   Weis, Lawrence ^a,b   Hawker, Gillian A ^c,d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Physician bias; Practice patterns; Total joint arthroplasty; Unwarranted variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; KNEE PAIN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RHEUMATOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT INDICATION;

PHYSICIAN BIAS; PRACTICE PATTERNS; TOTAL JOINT ARTHROPLASTY; UNWARRANTED VARIABILITY;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; ORTHOPEDICS; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; RHEUMATOLOGY;

EID: 84891780480     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.130762     Document Type: Article

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