Racial, socioeconomic, and payer status disparities in utilization of unicompartmental knee arthroplasty in the USA
Black patients, lower-income patients, and Medicare-insured patients undergo UKA at a lower relative rate than white, higher-income, and privately insured patients, respectively. Further research may help elucidate reasons for these differences and identify targets for intervention.
Authors
- Nauman Hussain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-8651-1321)
- Suraj Dhanjani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8094-724X)
- Daniel Badin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4769-3986)
- Julius K. Oni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1846-2353)
- Vishal Hegde (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6665-0442)
- Uma Srikumaran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2314-8855)
- Jessica Schmerler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3650-9883)
Institutions
- Mount Sinai Health System (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)
- Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Knee Surgery and Related Research
- Published
- 2025-01-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s43019-024-00227-4
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 10.03