Effect of Institution and COVID-19 on Access to Adult Arthroplasty Surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although insurance status is important to patients' ability to access care, it varies significantly by race, age, and socioeconomic status. Novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) negatively impacted access to care, while simultaneously widening pre-existing health-care disparities. The purpose of the present study was to document this phenomena within orthopedics.

Methods

Patients undergoing hip or knee arthroplasty at two medical centers in San Francisco, California, were evaluated. One cohort came from the University of California San Francisco (UCSF), a tertiary center, and the other from Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital (ZSFGH), a safety-net hospital. Patients who underwent arthroplasty before the pandemic (March 2020) and those after pandemic decl

SUBMITTER: Soriano KKJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8784453 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature