Disparities in TKA Outcomes: Census Tract Data Show Interactions Between Race and Poverty.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Race is an important predictor of TKA outcomes in the United States; however, analyses of race can be confounded by socioeconomic factors, which can result in difficulty determining the root cause of disparate outcomes after TKA.

Questions/purposes

We asked: (1) Are race and socioeconomic factors at the individual level associated with patient-reported pain and function 2 years after TKA? (2) What is the interaction between race and community poverty and patient-reported pain and function 2 years after TKA?

Methods

We identified all patients undergoing TKA enrolled in a hospital-based registry between 2007 and 2011 who provided 2-year outcomes and lived in New York, Connecticut, or New Jersey. Of patients approached to participate in the registry, more than

SUBMITTER: Goodman SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4965380 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature