A Snapshot of Orthopedic Surgeons' Practices, Procedures, Trends and Sites of Care

Published by: Valid Results Incorporated

Published: Dec. 30, 2006 - 38 Pages

Table of Contents

Introduction & Report Overview

Abstract

Measurement Objectives

Sample Design & Distribution

Measurement & Data Collection Design

How to read this report

Executive Summary & Key Findings

Detailed Findings

I. Orthopedic Surgeon Demographics

a. Orthopedic Surgeons Years in practice

b. Orthopedic Surgeons Sites of care (where do they perform their procedures)

i. Primary hospitals

ii. Surgery centers

iii. Private offices

c. Orthopedic Surgeon gender

II. Orthopedic Surgeons Procedures

a. Procedures performed by category

i. Minimally invasive

ii. Invasive

b. Surgical procedures performed by type

i. Knee injection

ii. Knee arthroscopy

iii. Open knee repair

iv. Total knee replacement

v. Partial knee replacement

vi. Knee revision

vii. Hip injection

viii. Hip arthroscopy

ix. Total hip replacement

x. Partial hip replacement

xi. Hip revision

xii. Shoulder injection

xiii. Shoulder arthroscopy

xiv. Open shoulder repair

c. Surgical procedures performed at various sites of care

i. Hospital

ii. Ambulatory / Surgery center

iii. Private office

d. Surgical procedural trends 25

i. Increase from past year

ii. Decrease from past year

iii. No change from last year

III. The Orthopedic Patient Profile

a. Patients seen by condition type (what types of patients are they seeing)

i. Overall / Typical month

ii. Elective

iii. Arthritis patients

iv. Trauma patients

b. Elective/chronic patient treatment types received

c. Elective/chronic patient conversion trends

i. Consultation

ii. Elective Procedural Outcomes

d. Repeat patients treated by surgeon personally vs. another surgeon

e. Patient age

f. Patient gender

g. Patient ethnicity

Conclusions

Recommendations

Suggested Analysis

About the Author / Valid Results

Table of Figures

Figure A-1 Geographical Spread of respondents

Table 1-1 Number of Years in Practice

Figure 1-1 Years in Practice Pie chart (Quartile %)

Figure 1-2 Years in Practice Histogram

Table 1-2 Sites of Care

Table 1-3 Operating Suites

Table 1-4 Other Orthopedic Surgeons

Figure 1-3 Sites of Care Demographic

Table 1-5 Male vs. Female Surgeon Respondents

Figure 1-4 Surgeon Respondent Gender Pie Chart

Table 2-1 Specific Procedures Performed Per Month

Figure 2-1 Number of Specific Procedures Performed Per Month

Table 2-2 Specific Cosmetic Surgical Procedures Performed Per Month

Figure 2-2 Specific Cosmetic Surgical Procedures Performed Per Month

Table 2-3 Variability Factors

Table 2-4 Specific Surgical Procedures Performed at Various Sites of Care

Figure 2-3 Percentage of Specific Surgical Procedures Performed at Various Sites of Care

Table 2-5 Changes to the Number of Featured Surgical Procedures Performed Over the Past Year

Figure 2-4 Net % of Surgeons Reporting an Increase in the Number of Featured Procedures

Table 3-1 Percentage of Patients Seen

Figure 3-1 Percentage of Patients Seen for Specific Categories of Procedures

Table 3-2 Percentage of Hip, Knee and Shoulder Patients Treated and Not Treated

Figure 3-2 Percentage of Patients Seen (pie chart)

Table 3-3 Changes in the Number of Hip, Knee and Shoulder Patients Electing Treatment following Consultation over the Past 2 Years

Figure 3-3 Percentage of Surgeons Who Experienced Changes in the Number of Hip, Knee and Shoulder Patients Electing Treatments Following Consultation Over the Past 2 Years

Table 3-4 Repeat Hip, Knee and Shoulder Patients Treated by Surgeons Personally vs. Other Surgeon

Figure 3-4 Percentage of Elective/Chronic Repeat Hip, Knee and Shoulder Patients Treated Personally by Surgeons vs. Other Surgeons

Table 3-5 Hip, Knee and Shoulder Patients per Age Category

Figure 3-5 Percentage of Elective/Chronic Hip, Knee and Shoulder Patients per Age Category

Table 3-5 Hip, Knee and Shoulder Patient Gender

Figure 3-4 Percentage of Female vs. Male Elective / Chronic Patients

Table 3-6 Hip, Knee and Shoulder Patient Race

Figure 3-7 Percentage of Patients per Race Category

Abstract

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