Differences between Men and Women in the Rate of Use of Hip and Knee Arthroplasty
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- 6 April 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 342 (14) , 1016-1022
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm200004063421405
Abstract
Previous studies suggest that, for some conditions, women receive fewer health care interventions than men. We estimated the potential need for arthroplasty and the willingness to undergo the procedure in both men and women and examined whether there were differences between the sexes.Keywords
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