Better insurance access leads to more hip, knee replacements among minorities

(Boston University Medical Center) Researchers at Boston Medical Center have found that the expansion of insurance coverage in Massachusetts increased the number of elective knee and hip replacement procedures by 4.7 percent, with greater increases among black and Hispanic patients. The findings are published online in advance of print in the British Medical Journal.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news