Understanding the impact of meeting performance measures on the outcomes of joint replacement in rheumatoid arthritis: a population-based study in British Columbia, Canada

C.E.H. Barber, MD, PhD, FRCPC, Departments of Medicine, Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Arthritis Research Canada, Vancouver, Canada.
H. Xie, PhD, Arthritis Research Canada, Vancouver, Canada; Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada; Arthritis Research Canada.
Y. Zheng, MPH, Arthritis Research Canada, Vancouver, Canada.
J. Widdifield, PhD, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Holland Bone & Joint Program, Toronto; ICES; Institute of Health Policy, Management & Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
C. Barnabe, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Departments of Medicine, Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Arthritis Research Canada, Vancouver, Canada.
J. Werle, MD, FRCSC, FAAOS, Department of Surgery, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
D. Lacaille, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, Arthritis Research Canada, Vancouver, Canada; Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Arthritis Research Canada.

Funding: Funding for this study was provided by a Project Grant from the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR), PJT169194. Dr Barber holds the Grace Glaum Professorship in Arthritis Research in the McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health. Dr Xie holds the Maureen and Milan Ilich/Merck Chair in Statistics for Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases. Dr Widdifield is supported through the Holland Chair in Musculoskeletal Research at Sunnybrook University of Toronto. Dr Barnabe is a Canada Research Chair in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Autoimmune Diseases and the Arthur J.E. Child Chair in Rheumatology Outcomes Research in the McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health, University of Calgary. Dr Lacaille holds the Mary Pack Chair in Rheumatology Research from the University of British Columbia and Arthritis Society Canada.
Contributions: CEHB conceptualization and funding acquisition, methodology, investigation, project administration, writing, original draft writing, review and editing. HX funding acquisition, conceptualization, methodology, supervision, writing, review and editing. YZ methodology, data analysis, visualization, review and editing. JW funding acquisition, conceptualization, methodology, review and editing. CB funding acquisition, conceptualization, methodology, review and editing. JW methodology, review and editing. DL funding acquisition, conceptualization, methodology, supervision, writing, review and editing. Ethics approval for the project was obtained from the University of British Columbia (REB No. H00-80305).
Conflicts of interest: The authors declare no relevant conflicts of interest for this work.