Workers' Compensation

ARLINGTON, Va. — Staffer retention impacts the quality of patient care and is even more essential with growing provider shortages, according to a presentation at GI Outlook.

Individuals with severe childhood-onset inflammatory bowel disease, who underwent surgery or long-term inpatient care, had 16% lower occupational earnings from age 20 to 30 years compared with the general population, according to research.

Patients with Medicaid are younger, have more debilitating disease, and lower preoperative and postoperative American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons scores after shoulder arthroplasty compared with those with private insurance and Medicare.

Predictors for conversion to total hip arthroplasty and revision hip arthroscopy procedures include age, BMI and workers’ compensation, according to published results.