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Rural Medicare Beneficiaries More Likely than Urban Recipients to Undergo Joint Replacement Surgeries Medscape

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Location: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/713860

Description: Of the number of participants in the study, 1.02% of rural and 0.80% of urban beneficiaries underwent a total knee or hip replacement surgery in 2005. Results showed 27% more rural beneficiaries were likely to have total knee or hip replacement surgeries than Medicare recipients in urban areas.
Rural Medicare Beneficiaries More Likely than Urban Recipients to Undergo Joint Replacement Surgeries

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