Rural-Urban Differences in Hospital and Patient-Reported Outcomes Following Total Hip Arthroplasty.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Rural patients have unique health-care factors influencing outcomes of arthroplasty, hypothetically putting these patients at increased risk for complications following total joint arthroplasty. The aim of this study is to better understand differences in patient outcomes and satisfaction between rural and urban patients receiving care in an urban setting and to provide more equitable care.

Methods

A retrospective chart review was performed on patients undergoing primary total hip arthroplasty at a single large academic center between January 2013 and August 2020. Demographic, operative, and hospital outcomes were obtained from the institutional electronic medical record. Rurality was determined by rural-urban code (RUC) classifications by zip code with RUC codes

SUBMITTER: Lachance AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10507436 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature