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What publicly available quality metrics do hip and knee arthroplasty patients care about most when selecting a hospital in Maryland: a discrete choice experiment.
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- Eliciting preferences of patients about the quality of hospital services in the west of Iran using discrete choice experiment analysis.Cost effectiveness and resource allocation : C/E · 2021Article
- Perspective of potential patients on the hospital volume-outcome relationship and the minimum volume threshold for total knee arthroplasty: a qualitative focus group and interview study.BMC health services research · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo quantify which publicly reported hospital quality metrics have the greatest impact on a patient's simulated hospital selection for hip or knee arthroplasty.
designDiscrete choice experiment.
settingTwo university-affiliated orthopaedic clinics in the greater Baltimore area, Maryland, USA.
participantsOne hundred and twenty-eight patients who were candidates for total hip or knee arthroplasty. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES: The effect and magnitude of acceptable trade-offs between publicly reported hospital quality parameters on patients' decision-making strategies using a Hierarchical Bayes model.
resultsPublicly reported information on patient perceptions of attention to alleviation of postoperative pain had the most influence on simulated hospital choice (20.7%), followed by methicillin-resistant
conclusionsPublicly available information regarding hospital performance is of interest to hip and knee arthroplasty patients. Patients are willing to accept suboptimal understanding of discharge instructions, lower hospital ratings and suboptimal cleanliness in exchange for better postoperative pain management, lower MRSA rates, and lower complication rates.
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