Influence of Demographic and Socioeconomic Factors on Hospital Distance for Total Knee Arthroplasty.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Disparities exist in access to and outcomes following total knee arthroplasty. However, there is a paucity of data examining the relationship between travel distance and these disparities.

Methods

We used the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, American Hospital Association, and UnitedStatesZipCodes.org Enterprise databases to gather patient demographic and postoperative outcomes data. We calculated the distance traveled between patient population-weighted zip code centroid points and the hospitals at which they received total knee arthroplasty. We then examined the association between travel distance and patient demographic characteristics as well as postoperative adverse outcomes.

Results

Among of cohort of 384,038 patients, white patients (16.58 mil

SUBMITTER: Orringer M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10206785 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature