Patient perceptions of access to care and referrals to specialists: a comparison of African-American and white older patients with knee and hip osteoarthritis.

BACKGROUND: There is a marked racial difference in the use of knee and hip replacement for osteoarthritis (OA). The reasons for this disparity remain unclear. We examined how African-American and white patients with symptomatic OA of the knee and/or hip compare with respect to their perceptions of c...

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Main Authors: Lopez, John P. F., Burant, Christopher J., Siminoff, Laura A., Kwoh, C. Kent, Ibrahim, Said A.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: National Medical Association 2005
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Research Article
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2569351/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15926643
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