Healthcare Market-Level and Hospital-Level Disparities in Access to and Utilization of High-Quality Hip and Knee Replacement Hospitals Among Medicare Beneficiaries
Oddleifson D, Xu X, Wiznia D, Gibson D, Spatz E, Desai N. Healthcare Market-Level and Hospital-Level Disparities in Access to and Utilization of High-Quality Hip and Knee Replacement Hospitals Among Medicare Beneficiaries. Journal Of The American Academy Of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2023, 31: e961-e973. PMID: 37543752, DOI: 10.5435/jaaos-d-23-00183.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchUtilization of hospitalKnee replacementMedicaid ServicesHospital-level disparitiesLow-income patientsCross-sectional studyHospital-level analysisHospital referral regionsHigh-quality hospitalsReplacement hospitalNational averageCare measuresHospital's percentageReferral regionsMedicare beneficiariesHospitalLevel IIIPatient accessHipSocioeconomic disparitiesSurgical processQuartileLogit linkHigh social vulnerabilityAssociation