Racial disparities in lower extremity arthroplasty outcomes and use

Orthopedics

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2015, Pages e1139-e1146

  Pierce, Todd P ^a   Elmallah, Randa K ^a   Lavernia, Carlos J ^b   Chen, Antonia F ^c   Harwin, Steven F ^d   Thomas, Craig M ^e   Mont, Michael A ^a  

^a SINAI HOSPITAL OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

^b Larkin Community Hospital   (United States)

^c ROTHMAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Providence Hospital Washington DC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTERY INJURY; ARTHROPLASTY; CAUCASIAN; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT REPORT OUTCOME; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RACE; REVIEW; SATISFACTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOTAL JOINT ARTHROPLASTY; UNITED STATES; ANCESTRY GROUP; HOSPITAL; JOINT; LOWER LIMB; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REPLACEMENT ARTHROPLASTY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; JOINTS; LOWER EXTREMITY; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT READMISSION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 84950997628     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: 19382367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20151123-05     Document Type: Review

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