Expectations Confounded: Patients Are Satisfied with THR and TKR Delivery in Australian Public Hospitals—A Multisite Case Study

Table 1

Survey participant characteristics.

Characteristic	Frequency	Percentage
Gender (𝑛=406)
Female	248	61.1
Male	158	38.9
Employment status (𝑛=446)
Employed	42	9.3
Retired/pensioner	298	66.2
Unemployed/home duties	88	19.6
Not disclosed/other	22	6.0
Joint replaced (𝑛=450)
Hip	209	46.4
Knee	241	53.6
Relative socioeconomic disadvantage (based on suburb of residence; 𝑛=434)
Decile 1–5 (most disadvantaged)	319	73.50
Decile 6–10 (least disadvantaged)	117	26.9