The Fallacy of Follow-up: When Orthopaedic Trauma Patients Actually Return to Clinic.

Julie Agel Aaron J Robertson Avrey A Novak Jonah Hebert-Davies Conor P Kleweno

Published in: The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume (2021)

Our data suggest that a 1-year clinic follow-up requirement may not be feasible. We observed a low rate of patients with a minimum 1-year clinical follow-up. Clinical care had been completed in 18% of patients prior to 1 year. Journal and grant reviewers may need to consider the feasibility and clinical relevance of these follow-up expectations.

Keyphrases

trauma patients
primary care
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
palliative care
prognostic factors
electronic health record
machine learning
data analysis