Potential impact on patient residence to hospital travel distance and access to care under a policy of preferential referral to high‐volume knee replacement hospitals

To examine the potential impact of a policy of selective referral to high‐volume knee replacement hospitals on patients' travel distance to hospitals and access to care for patients seeking total knee replacement (TKR) in urban and rural settings.

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