Insurance Status and Income Proxies Are the Most Consistent Predictors of Disparities in Access to Care and Outcomes After Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction in the United States: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To evaluate the influence of health care access, insurance coverage, racial and ethnic identity, income-related proxies, employment status, preventive care use, and geographic location on the diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes after medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction (MPFLR).

Methods

A systematic review of electronic databases was performed according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines to identify Level II-IV clinical studies related to patellar instability that were published between January 2010 and January 2025. Studies were included if they were peer-reviewed English-language studies detailing the socioeconomic and demographic factors of outcomes after MPFLR. Case reports, systematic reviews, animal and

SUBMITTER: Brown EL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12800792 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature