Modeling the need for hip and knee replacement surgery. Part 1. A two-stage cross-cohort approach.

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OBJECTIVE: To explore inequalities in the need for hip/knee replacement surgery using a 2-stage cross-cohort approach. METHODS: In the first stage, a small-area population-based survey, the Somerset and Avon Survey of Health, was used to provide a high-quality measure of need for hip/knee replacement using the New Zealand (NZ) score. Receiver operating characteristic curve analyses were used to validate a simplified NZ score, excluding information from clinical examination. In the second stag...

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Authors: Judge, A; Welton, N; Sandhu, J; Ben-Shlomo, Y

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Arthritis and rheumatism
• Volume: 61
• Issue: 12
• Pages: 1657-1666
• Publication date: 2009-12-01
• DOI: 10.1002/art.24892
• EISSN: 1529-0131
• ISSN: 0004-3591
• Language: English
• Keywords: ROC Curve; Female; Rural Health; England; Cohort Studies; Ethnic Groups; Models, Statistical; Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee; Male; Joint Diseases; Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip; Healthcare Disparities; Aged; Social Class; Health Services Needs and Demand; Surgical Procedures, Elective; Health Surveys; Needs Assessment; Aged, 80 and over; Middle Aged; Humans; Pain