Community-Level Social Vulnerability and Hip and Knee Joint Replacement Surgery Receipt Among Medicare Enrollees With Arthritis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

(1) Explore associations between county minority health social vulnerability index (MH-SVI) and total joint replacement (TJR), and (2) assess associations by individual-level race/ethnicity.

Background

An expanded understanding of relevant social determinants of health is essential to inform policies and practices that promote equitable access to hip and knee TJR.

Methods

Retrospective cohort study of Medicare enrollees. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services claims data were linked with MH-SVI. Multivariable logistic regression models were used to evaluate the odds of TJR according to the MH-SVI quartile in which enrollees resided. A total of 10,471,413 traditional Medicare enrollees in 2018 aged 67 years or older with arthritis. The main outcome was e

SUBMITTER: Yi SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11560676 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature