Patient characteristics were similar across pathways, although P3 had a statistically significantly higher mean age (p = 0.005), P2 had more days since operation (p = < 0.001), and P1 had less travel time, although only at borderline significance (p = 0.06).
Likewise, since we, in congruence with the literature ( 19 ), found the main factors behind patient satisfaction after THA to be pain and mobility outcome, as well as not experiencing complications, the high success rate for these outcomes may conceal a negative trend in the satisfaction with care that did not manifest itself in the patients’ overall evaluations.