High and low value care recommended and undertaken prior to knee or hip arthroplasty: a survey study

Table 1 Demographics of survey responders

Variable	Frequency (N)	Proportion (%)
Sex
Female	194	57.2
Male	145	42.8
Age
Younger than 50 years	18	5.3
51–60 years	67	19.8
61–70 years	106	31.3
71–80 years	125	36.9
Older than 80 years	23	6.8
Country predominantly resided in
Australia	297	85.8
Country other than Australia	48	14.2
Employment status
Retired	152	44.8
Working (part/fulltime)	90	26.5
Government Benefit	97	28.6
Highest education level achieved
Junior high school or below (includes no schooling)	188	55.5
Senior high school	60	17.7
Certificate or Diploma	53	15.6
University (Graduate and Post-graduate)	38	11.2
Insurance
None	263	77.6
Hospital	76	22.4
Ancillary (e.g., physiotherapy, podiatry)	63	18.6
Residential location
Major city	233	68.7
Regional/remote	106	31.3
Relative socioeconomic advantage/disadvantage quintile^a
1 (most disadvantaged)	58	17.1
2	132	38.9
3	36	10.6
4	41	12.1
5 (least disadvantage)	72	21.2
Index joint
Hip	91	26.8
Knee	248	73.2
Years of diagnosis for index joint^b
Less than 1 year	68	20.1
1 to 5 years	154	45.4
6 to 10 years	68	20.1
More than 10 years	33	9.7
Previous joint replacement?
Yes	101	29.8
No	238	70.2

a Quintiles represent relative disadvantage compared with other quintiles based on equal distribution of areas (not people). Quintiles are ranked highest to lowest disadvantage
b N = 16 (4.7%) missing responses to this question

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