Geographical variation in the provision of elective primary hip and knee replacement: the role of socio-demographic, hospital and distance variables.

BACKGROUND: To explore inequalities in the provision of hip/knee replacement surgery and produce small-area estimates of provision to inform local health planning. METHODS: Hospital Episode Statistics were used to explore inequalities in the provision of primary hip/knee operations in English NHS ho...

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Glavni autori: Judge, A, Welton, N, Sandhu, J, Ben-Shlomo, Y
Format: Journal article
Jezik:English
Izdano: 2009