Patient Perceptions Regarding Clinical Follow-Up After Total Joint Arthroplasty.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While considerable variation exists regarding patient follow-up after total joint arthroplasty (TJA), little is known regarding patient perceptions. Given the increasing need to deliver cost-efficient care, rising importance of satisfaction scores, and lengthened commutes with market consolidation, understanding patient perceptions and their predictors is important.

Methods

A convenience sample of 75 patients was surveyed from the waiting room of an academic arthroplasty practice serving a large geographic catchment area regarding clinic travel and TJA follow-up perceptions. The sample resembled an expected arthroplasty population with 63% women, 46% between 50 and 64 years of age, and 42% having TJA in the past 2 years.

Results

Median clinic travel time wa

SUBMITTER: Frederick JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12272461 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature