Open AccessWhat Are the Migration Patterns for U.S. Primary Total Joint Arthroplasty Patients?
Author(s) -
Caryn D. Etkin,
Edmund Lau,
Heather Watson,
Steven M. Kurtz,
Terrence J. Gioe,
Bryan D. Springer,
David G. Lewallen,
Kevin J. Bozic
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
clinical orthopaedics and related research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.178
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1528-1132
pISSN - 0009-921X
DOI - 10.1097/corr.0000000000000693
Subject(s) - medicine , survivorship curve , joint arthroplasty , arthroplasty , cohort , population , family medicine , surgery , environmental health
Evaluation of total joint arthroplasty (TJA) patient-reported outcomes and survivorship requires that records of the index and potential revision arthroplasty procedure are reliably captured. Until the goal of the American Joint Replacement Registry (AJRR) of more-complete nationwide capture is reached, one must assume that patient migration from hospitals enrolled in the AJRR to nonAJRR hospitals occurs. Since such migration might result in loss to followup and erroneous conclusions on survivorship and other outcomes of interest, we sought to quantify the level of migration and identify factors that might be associated with migration in a specific AJRR population.