Amit Atrey, Adolph J Yates, Mary O'Connor, Zoe Thomson, James P Waddell, Alejandro Zylberg, Christopher Wall, Ben Emmerson, David Campbell, Amir Khoshbin
INTRODUCTION: There is an inherent moral imperative to avoid complications from arthroplasty. Doing so at ideal cost is also associated with surgeon reputation, and, increasingly in health care delivery systems that measure and competitively score outcomes, reimbursement to the surgeons and their hospitals. As a result, patients who are perceived to be in higher risk co-morbidity groups, such as the obese and diabetics, as well as those challenged by socioeconomic factors may face barriers to access elective arthroplasty...
August 16, 2023: Journal of Arthroplasty