Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Physical Therapy Utilization After Total Knee Arthroplasty.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a common orthopaedic procedure, after which many patients benefit from physical therapy (PT). However, such services may not be uniformly accessible and used. To that end, disparities in access to care such as PT after interventions may be a factor for those of varying race/ethnicities.

Methods

TKAs were abstracted from the 2014 to 2016 Standard Analytic Files PearlDiver data set-a large national health administrative data set containing information on more than 60 million Medicare patients. Occurrences of home or outpatient PT within 90 days after TKA were identified. Patient demographic factors were extracted, including age, sex, Elixhauser Comorbidity Index, estimated average household income of patient based on zip code (low av

SUBMITTER: Ratnasamy PP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10038831 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature