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Table 3 Factors influencing choice of hospital for total hip and knee replacements

From: Patients’ expectations of variation in quality of care relates to their search for comparative performance information

Hospital-related factors

n

 1. Reputation

107

 2. Distance

95

 3. Accessibility

79

 4. Type of hospital (university, teaching, or community)

51

 5. Ranking list of ‘100 hospitals’

41

 6. Hospital size

20

 7. Number of cancelled operations

1

Condition-related factors

n

 8. Plan for pre-operative schedules on 1 day

51

 9. Orthopaedic specialism

50

 10. Patient experiences

49

 11. PROMs

49

 12. Waiting list

45

 13. Annual patient volume

42

 14. Infection rates

16

  1. PROMs = Patient-reported outcome measures.
  2. Data were based on 191 answers from eligible respondents.