Open AccessGeographic Variation and Disparities in Total Joint Replacement Use for Medicare Beneficiaries: 2009 to 2017
Author(s) -
Caroline Thirukumaran,
Xueya Cai,
Laurent G. Glance,
Yeunkyung Kim,
Benjamin F. Ricciardi,
Kevin Fiscella,
Yue Li
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of bone and joint surgery. american volume/the journal of bone and joint surgery. american volume
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.634
H-Index - 260
eISSN - 1058-2436
pISSN - 0021-9355
DOI - 10.2106/jbjs.20.00246
Subject(s) - geographic variation , variation (astronomy) , joint (building) , total joint replacement , geography , demography , environmental health , medicine , sociology , engineering , population , civil engineering , surgery , physics , astrophysics
Little is known about how the geographic variation and disparities in use of elective primary total hip and knee replacements for Medicare beneficiaries have evolved in recent years. The study objectives are to determine these variations and disparities, whether Black Medicare beneficiaries have continued to undergo fewer total hip replacements and total knee replacements across regions, and whether disparities affected all Black beneficiaries or mainly affected socioeconomically disadvantaged Black beneficiaries.