Adjusting for Variation in Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Is Needed to Improve Care After Total Knee Arthroplasty.
Leif I SolbergElla ChrenkaSteve E AschePaul G JohnsonJeanette Y ZiegenfussPatrick K HorstBrian P CunninghamMegan ReamsMarc F SwiontkowskiPublished in: The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (2021)
Traditional age/sex adjustment of patient mix would have had no effect on mean PROM scores by surgeon. An adjustment model that includes the factors found to be markedly associated with outcomes will allow care systems to identify individual surgeon care management strategies potentially important for improving patient outcomes.