Disparities in TKA Outcomes: Census Tract Data Show Interactions Between Race and Poverty.

CONCLUSIONS: Blacks and whites living in communities with little poverty have similar patient-reported TKA outcomes, whereas in communities with high levels of poverty, there are important racial disparities. Efforts to improve TKA outcomes among blacks will need to address individual- and community-level socioeconomic factors.
LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level III, therapeutic study.
PMID: 27278675 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research - June 7, 2016 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Goodman SM, Mandl LA, Parks ML, Zhang M, McHugh KR, Lee YY, Nguyen JT, Russell LA, Bogardus MH, Figgie MP, Bass AR Tags: Clin Orthop Relat Res Source Type: research