ArticleAmerican journal of public health1996
Total hip arthroplasty: use and select complications in the US Medicare population.
Article in American journal of public health, 1996. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- The role of surgeon volume on patient outcome in total knee arthroplasty: a systematic review of the literature.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2012Pooled it
- Complications for racial and ethnic minority groups after total hip and knee replacement: a review of the literature.The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume · 2010Pooled it
- Willingness and access to joint replacement among African American patients with knee osteoarthritis: a randomized, controlled intervention.Arthritis and rheumatism · 2013Trial
- Racial Disparities in Total Joint Arthroplasty Bundled Payment Data.Arthroplasty today · 2025Article
- Early Mortality Rate and Associated Risk Factor in Patients Undergoing Primary Total Hip Replacement at a Tertiary Hospital in Tanzania.Advances in orthopedics · 2025Article
- The Proportion of Marginalized Individuals in US Communities and Hospital Participation in Bundled Payments.Population health management · 2022Article
- Racial/Ethnic and Socioeconomic Disparities in Osteoarthritis Management.Rheumatic diseases clinics of North America · 2021Review
- Race and Rehabilitation Destination After Elective Total Hip Arthroplasty: Analysis of a Large Regional Data Set.Geriatric orthopaedic surgery & rehabilitation · 2017Article
- Racial differences in associations between baseline patterns of radiographic osteoarthritis and multiple definitions of progression of hip osteoarthritis: the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project.Arthritis research & therapy · 2015Article
- No influence of immigrant background on the outcome of total hip arthroplasty. 140,299 patients born in Sweden and 11,539 immigrants in the Swedish Hip Arthroplasty Register.Acta orthopaedica · 2013Article
- Total hip arthroplasty for vascular necrosis of the femoral head in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: a midterm follow-up study of 28 hips in 24 patients.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2013Article
- Ethnic and racial factors influencing well-being, perceived pain, and physical function after primary total joint arthroplasty.Clinical orthopaedics and related research · 2011Article
- Orthopedic communication about osteoarthritis treatment: Does patient race matter?Arthritis care & research · 2011Article
- An interactional approach to conceptualising small talk in medical interactions.Sociology of health & illness · 2011Article
- Patient perceived outcomes after primary hip arthroplasty: does gender matter?Clinical orthopaedics and related research · 2011Article
- The effect of patient race on total joint replacement recommendations and utilization in the orthopedic setting.Journal of general internal medicine · 2010Article
- Racial variations in the utilization of knee and hip joint replacement: an introduction and review of the most recent literature.Current orthopaedic practice · 2010Article
- Clinical appropriateness and not race predicted referral for joint arthroplasty.Arthritis and rheumatism · 2009Article
- Older patients' unexpressed concerns about orthopaedic surgery.The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume · 2008Article
- Improving the postmarket surveillance of total joint arthroplasty devices.The open rheumatology journal · 2008Article
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Abstract
Use and outcomes of primary total hip arthroplasty among US Medicare recipients more than 65 years of age were investigated by means of physician and hospital claims for a 5% random sample during 1986 through 1989. Cases involving hip fracture or evidence of existing orthopedic devices in the hip were omitted. Use rates were higher for women than for men and were substantially lower for Blacks than Whites. Major complications (death, further hip surgery, infection pulmonary embolism) were uncommon. These data document the frequent use of total hip arthroplasty, and confirm the rarity of serious adverse outcomes. Further studies should investigate the lower use of total hip arthroplasty among Blacks.
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