Rural Patients More Likely to Have Joint Replacement (CME/CE)

Courtesy MedPage Today Surgery  Mon, 11/30/2009 - 08:38

Patients in rural areas are more likely than urban dwellers to undergo total knee and hip replacement surgeries, a new study found.


 

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