Arthritis care & research
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Arthritis care & research · Aug 2017
Comparative StudyRacial and Ethnic Differences in Total Knee Arthroplasty in the Veterans Affairs Health Care System, 2001-2013.
To examine black-white and Hispanic-white differences in total knee arthroplasty from 2001 to 2013 in a large cohort of patients diagnosed with osteoarthritis (OA) in the Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system. ⋯ Black-white differences in total knee arthroplasty appear to be persistent in the VA, even after controlling for potential clinical confounders.