Race, Rehabilitation, and 30-Day Readmission After Elective Total Knee Arthroplasty

Geriatric Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 303-310

  Jorgenson, Erik S ^a   Richardson, Diane M ^b   Thomasson, Arwin M ^b   Nelson, Charles L ^a,c   Ibrahim, Said A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

access; hospital readmissions; patient centered outcomes; post acute care; racial disparity; total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INPATIENT REHABILITATION FACILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REHABILITATION CARE; SELF CARE; SKILLED NURSING FACILITY; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 85050579937     PISSN: 21514585     EISSN: 21514593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2151458515606781     Document Type: Article

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