From: Determinants of demand for total hip and knee arthroplasty: a systematic literature review
Study (lead investigator) | Subjects | Joint | Question/End point | Score* | Generalisable |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Primary care and surgeons | Knee | Referral | 3 | No(standardised cases) | |
Boutron [60] | Primary care doctors | Knee and hip | Referral | 4 | Yes |
Specialists | Knee and hip | Recommendation | 3 | Yes | |
Birk [54] | Waiting list patients | Knee and hip | Decision to change surgeon | 2 | No |
Birrell [22] | Primary care patients | Hip | Waiting list placement | 2 | Yes |
Card [47] | Older adults | Hip and knee | Arthroplasty | 2 | Yes |
Waiting list patients | Knee and hip | Hypothetical change of surgeon | 3 | No | |
Cross [79] | Operated patients | Knee and hip | Willingness to pay | 3 | No |
Dunlop [29] | Older adults | Knee and hip | Arthroplasty | 2 | Yes |
George [20] | OA Medicare patients | Hip | Arthroplasty | 3 | No |
Hanchate [21] | Older adults | Knee | Arthroplasty | 3 | Yes |
Hawker [26] | OA patients | Knee and hip | Arthroplasty | 4 | Yes |
OA patients | Knee and hip | Willingness to operate | 3 | Yes | |
Primary care males VA patients | Knee and hip | Willingness to operate | 1 | No | |
Johnson [61] | Primary care patients | Hip | Waiting list placement | 1 | Yes |
Judge [28] | Older adults | Knee and hip | Arthroplasty | 2 | Yes |
Primary care patients | Knee and hip | Waiting list placement/Willingness to operate | 1 | Yes | |
Lievense [19] | Primary care patients | Hip | Arthroplasty | 2 | Yes |
Linsell [52] | Retirement age adults | Hip and knee | Willingness to operate | 2 | Yes |
Momohara [23] | RA patients | Knee | Arthroplasty | 2 | Yes |
Riddle [78] | OA patients | Knee | Arthroplasty | 2 | No |
Schonberg [46] | Retirement age OA patients | Knee and hip | Referral | 2 | No |
Steel [38] | OA/RA patients | Knee and hip | Arthroplasty | 3 | Yes |
OA patients | Knee | Willingness to operate | 3 | Yes | |
Yong [48] | Non-obese retirement age adults | Knee | Arthroplasty | 2 | No |
Zeni [18] | OA patients | Knee | Arthroplasty | 2 | Yes |