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Urban-rural differences in total hip replacements: the next stage

Author(s) -

CE Willis,

Frank Kee,

David Beverland,

J D Watson

Publication year - 2000

Publication title -

journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916

H-Index - 82

eISSN - 1741-3850

pISSN - 1741-3842

DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/22.3.435

Subject(s) - rurality , medicine , incidence (geometry) , demography , total hip replacement , population , rural area , epidemiology , surgery , environmental health , physics , pathology , sociology , optics

The aim of this study was to explore the differences in the incidence of primary elective total hip replacements between urban and rural communities and different age and sex groups in Northern Ireland, and to use this information to develop an equitable method for the allocation of surgical capacity among groups of general practices, in a system where referrals are matched to the contracted capacity.

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