Productivity improvements in hip and knee surgery.

Sloan, Frank A; George, Linda K; Hu, Linyan

Sloan, Frank A; George, Linda K; Hu, Linyan.

Afiliación

Sloan FA; Department of Economics, Duke University, P.O. Box 90097, Durham, NC 27708-0097, USA.
George LK; Department of Sociology and Center for the Study of Aging, Duke University, P.O. Box 90088, Durham, NC 27708-0088, USA.
Hu L; Center for the Study of Aging, Duke University Medical Center, P.O. Box 3003, Durham, NC 27710, USA.

Arthritis ; 2014: 615784, 2014.

Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24701349

RESUMEN

Productivity improvements that occur as technologies become widely used are not well documented. This study measured secular trends over 1998-2010 in productivity of hip and knee procedures gauged in terms of changes in physical function and pain after versus before surgery. We used data from the Health and Retirement Study. Health outcomes from surgery were measured by 6 physical functioning scales and 2 pain indicators. We used propensity score matching to obtain nonsurgery control groups. Not only were there substantial improvements in physical functioning and pain reduction after receipt of these procedures in all years, but also we documented improvements in health outcomes over time. Largest improvements were for reductions in numbers of Activity and Instrumental Activity of Daily Living limitations for knee procedures.

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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Arthritis Año: 2014 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Estados Unidos Pais de publicación: Estados Unidos

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