More rural Medicare beneficiaries elect joint replacement surgery than urban recipients

Monday, November 30, 2009 - 00:42 in Health & Medicine

Southern Illinois University researchers determined Medicare beneficiaries living in rural areas were 27% more likely than urban recipients to have total knee or hip replacement surgeries. Researchers found women were more likely than men to undergo total joint replacement surgeries.

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