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Solving Social Inequality In Surgical Outcomes By Combining Standardized Treatment And Individualized Patient Education

Solving Social Inequality In Surgical Outcomes By Combining Standardized Treatment And Individualized Patient Education

Benjamin Saks, MD, UNITED STATES Vivian Ouyang, BS, UNITED STATES Andrew Jimenez, MD, UNITED STATES Ajay C. Lall, MD, MS, FAAOS, UNITED STATES Benjamin G. Domb, MD, UNITED STATES

American Hip Institute Research Foundation, Des Plaines, IL, UNITED STATES


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Summary: Patient education promotes equality in outcomes.


Background

Access to quality healthcare and treatment outcomes are intensely affected by patients’ socioeconomic status (SES). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of patient SES on patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) following arthroscopic hip labral repair.

Methods

Demographic and intraoperative data were prospectively collected on all patients who underwent arthroscopic hip labral repair from February 2008 to September 2017. Patients were divided into four cohorts based on the Social Deprivation Index (SDI) of their zip code. SDI is a composite measure that quantifies the level of disadvantage in certain geographical areas. Patients were treated with research-based, individually tailored, educational and treatment protocols through all phases of care. Patients had minimum 2-year follow-up for the Modified Harris Hip Score (mHHS), Non-Arthritic Hip Score (NAHS), Hip Outcome Score – Sports Specific Subscale (HOS-SSS), and Visual Analog Scale (VAS) for both pain and satisfaction.

Results

Six hundred eighty hips were included. Division of the cohort into quartiles based on the SDI national averages yielded 254 (37.4%) in Group 1, 184 (27.1%) in Group 2, 148 (21.8%) in Group 3, and 94 (13.8%) in Group 4. Group 1 contained the most affluent patients. There were no significant differences in any of the preoperative PROMs between the groups. Postoperatively, Group 4 had a higher mean mHHS compared to Groups 1 (P value = 0.04005) and 2 (P value = 0.02532). Rates of achieving minimal clinically important difference (MCID) and patient acceptable symptomatic state (PASS) for the mHHS were calculated for each group. When compared, only Group 3 showed statistically greater MCID achievement rates compared with Group 1 (P value = 0.01891).

Conclusions

We have created a system to address social inequality in healthcare through individualized patient education, combined with standardized treatment protocols. This allowed us to achieve favorable clinical outcomes after arthroscopic hip labral repair in all SES categories.

Level of Evidence: III


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