Access to hip and knee arthroplasty in England: commissioners’ policies for body mass index and smoking status and implications for integrated care systems.

Joanna C McLaughlin^*
, Joshua Elsey
, Ruth R Kipping
, Amanda L Owen-Smith
, Andrew Judge
, Hugh S T McLeod

^*Corresponding author for this work

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2025
Persistent use of body mass index policies as a barrier to surgery: Prevalence and analysis of policies across England in 2025
Ofosu, K., Whale, K. & McLaughlin, J. C., 1 Dec 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Health Services Research and Policy. 8 p., 13558196251405207.
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What effect have NHS commissioners’ policies for body mass index had on access to knee replacement surgery in England? An interrupted time series analysis from the National Joint Registry
McLaughlin, J. C., Kipping, R. R., Owen-Smith, A. L., McLeod, H. S. T., Hawley, S., Wilkinson, J. M. & Judge, A., 29 Jun 2022, In: PLOS ONE. 17, 6, 17 p., e0270274.
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