Journal of public health
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Journal of public health · Mar 2013
Socioeconomic differences in patient-reported outcomes after a hip or knee replacement in the English National Health Service.
We investigated socioeconomic differences in patient-reported outcomes after a hip or knee replacement and the contribution of health differences beforehand. ⋯ On average, patients living in socioeconomically deprived areas had worse outcomes after surgery, partly related to preoperative differences in health and disease severity and partly to less postoperative improvement.