Rural vs. urban utilization of total joint arthroplasty
| Autor: | Steven L. Scaife, Wendy M. Novicoff, Devraj Banerjee, Kenneth D. Illingworth, Khaled J. Saleh, Braden K. Jones |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
| Předmět: |
musculoskeletal diseases
Male Rural Population medicine.medical_specialty Joint arthroplasty Demographics Urban Population Patient demographics medicine.medical_treatment Total knee arthroplasty Total hip replacement Primary Payer Medicine Humans Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Arthroplasty Replacement Aged business.industry Middle Aged Arthroplasty United States Physical therapy Female business Demography Total hip arthroplasty |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of arthroplasty. 28(6) |
| ISSN: | 1532-8406 |
| Popis: | The purpose of this study was to analyze the association between patient demographics and hospital demographics on utilization of total joint arthroplasty in rural and urban populations from the National Inpatient Sample database. Any patient that was discharged after a primary total hip or primary total knee arthroplasty was included in this study. Results showed that rural patients living in a Northeastern hospital region compared to West, less than 65 years of age, females, Blacks and Hispanics were less likely to undergo total joint arthroplasty compared to their urban counterparts. Rural patient were more likely to undergo total joint arthroplasty compared to their urban counterparts if they were in the Midwest and had Medicare as their primary payer provider. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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