Table 1 Characteristics of patients who were contacted and participated in the interviews
Patients who participated in interviews (n = 12) | Patients who were invited but did not participate in interviews (n = 52) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | |
Age (years) | ||||
≤65 | 4 | 33 % | 26 | 50 % |
65-69 | 3 | 25 % | 9 | 17 % |
70-75 | 2 | 17 % | 12 | 23 % |
75-80 | 1 | 8 % | 3 | 6 % |
≥80 | 2 | 17 % | 2 | 4 % |
Female | 9 | 75 % | 23 | 44 % |
Race (Black or African American) | 1 | 8 % | 6 | 12 % |
Medicare as primary insurance | 7 | 58 % | 25 | 48 % |
Type of surgery | ||||
Hip replacement | 9 | 75 % | ||
Knee replacement | 3 | 25 % | ||
Prescribed antithrombotic medicatixon | ||||
Warfarin | 9 | 75 % | ||
Heparin | 1 | 8 % | ||
Unnamed oral antithrombotic medication | 2 | 17 % | ||