Variation in Hip Fracture Treatment: Are Black and White Patients Treated Equally?

Jason C. Fanuele, MD, MSc, Jon D. Lurie, MD, MSc, Weiping Zhou, MSc, Kenneth J. Koval, MD, and James N. Weinstein, DO, MSc

Dr. Fanuele is Resident, Department of Orthopaedics, Dr. Lurie is Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and Department of Community and Family Medicine, Mr. Zhou is Research Associate, Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences, and Dr. Koval is Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire.

Dr. Weinstein is Professor and Chair, Department of Orthopaedics, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire, and Director, Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Dartmouth College, Lebanon, New Hampshire.

Jason C. Fanuele, MD, MSc, Jon D. Lurie, MD, MSc, Weiping Zhou, MSc, Kenneth J. Koval, MD, and James N. Weinstein, DO, MSc

Dr. Fanuele is Resident, Department of Orthopaedics, Dr. Lurie is Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and Department of Community and Family Medicine, Mr. Zhou is Research Associate, Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences, and Dr. Koval is Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire.

Dr. Weinstein is Professor and Chair, Department of Orthopaedics, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire, and Director, Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Dartmouth College, Lebanon, New Hampshire.

Jason C. Fanuele, MD, MSc, Jon D. Lurie, MD, MSc, Weiping Zhou, MSc, Kenneth J. Koval, MD, and James N. Weinstein, DO, MSc

Dr. Fanuele is Resident, Department of Orthopaedics, Dr. Lurie is Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and Department of Community and Family Medicine, Mr. Zhou is Research Associate, Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences, and Dr. Koval is Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire.

Dr. Weinstein is Professor and Chair, Department of Orthopaedics, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire, and Director, Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Dartmouth College, Lebanon, New Hampshire.