Background The complex interrelationship among physical health, mental health, and social
health has gained the attention of the medical community in recent years. Poor social health …

Health care disparities and racial health inequities significantly influence health care
delivery and patient outcomes, including for people with injuries of the anterior cruciate …

Introduction As patients become increasingly involved in healthcare decision-making, it is
important to examine the drivers behind patient choice of doctor (PCOD); the initial decision …

Background: Social deprivation is a state marked by limited access to resources due to
poverty, discrimination, or other marginalizing factors. We investigated the links between …

Purpose To identify factors associated with timing of stoma reversal after rectal cancer
surgery in a large Swedish register-based cohort. Methods Three thousand five hundred …

Background With increasing numbers of revision total hip and total knee arthroplasties
(rTHAs and rTKAs), understanding trends in related out-of-pocket (OOP) costs, overall costs …

Objective To investigate the treatment decision-making process after an anterior cruciate
ligament (ACL) injury from patients', orthopaedic surgeons' and physiotherapists' …

Background: There have been few large studies involving multiethnic cohorts of patients
treated with anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR), and therefore, little is known …

Background: Lower socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with worse patient-reported
outcome (PRO) after orthopaedic procedures. In patients with anterior cruciate ligament …

Background: Research has indicated that lower socioeconomic status is associated with
delays in the treatment of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries; however, there is a …