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We aimed to answer the question: Are operating times from skin incision to skin closure shorter in private compared to the public sector for total knee arthroplasty (TKA)?<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Method<\/jats:title><jats:p>The New Zealand Joint Registry was used to compare operating times for primary TKA performed for a diagnosis of osteoarthritis between the public and private sectors. Surgeries included were completed by surgeons who had performed more than 50 TKAs in both sectors. Multivariate analysis was used to control for other variables which may influence operative duration.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>After adjustment for the variables of patient sex, age, American Society of Anesthesiologists score, body mass index and surgeon effect, a 3\u2010min difference was present between the public and private sectors (public mean: 79.9 min versus private mean: 76.4 min (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.05)).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study found minimal difference in operating time for TKA between the public and private sectors suggesting differences in overall theatre efficiency between the two sectors are not due to a shorter operative duration.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/ans.14905","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,10,22]],"date-time":"2018-10-22T23:30:04Z","timestamp":1540251004000},"page":"53-56","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["Operating time for total knee arthroplasty in public versus private sectors: where does the efficiency lie?"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"89","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4314-1714","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Richard J.","family":"Cowley","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedics Christchurch Hospital  Christchurch New Zealand"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Chris","family":"Frampton","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medicine University of Otago  Dunedin New Zealand"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Simon W.","family":"Young","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedic Surgery The University of Auckland  Auckland New Zealand"},{"name":"Department of Orthopaedics North Shore Hospital  Auckland New Zealand"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,10,22]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_6_2_1","first-page":"2","article-title":"The aging population and the increasing demand for joint replacement","volume":"126","author":"Hooper G","year":"2013","journal-title":"N. 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