A closer look at Medicare beneficiaries who underwent primary and revision total hip arthroplasty surgery between 1991 and 2008 shows a decrease in hospital length-of-stay but an increase in hospital readmission and discharge to postacute-care facilities, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
For the study, researchers assessed more than 1.4 million Medicare beneficiaries who underwent primary total hip arthroplasty and more than 348,000 patients who underwent revision total hip arthroplasty.
Between 1991 and 2008, mean hospital LOS decreased from 9.1 days in 1991-1992 to 3.7 days in 2007-2008 for primary total hip arthroplasty. Meanwhile, 30-day all-cause readmission increased from 5.9 percent to 8.5 percent. Similar trends were observed for revision total hip arthroplasty in regard to hospital LOS and hospital readmission.
Read the study about outcomes for primary and revision total hip arthroplasty patients.
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For the study, researchers assessed more than 1.4 million Medicare beneficiaries who underwent primary total hip arthroplasty and more than 348,000 patients who underwent revision total hip arthroplasty.
Between 1991 and 2008, mean hospital LOS decreased from 9.1 days in 1991-1992 to 3.7 days in 2007-2008 for primary total hip arthroplasty. Meanwhile, 30-day all-cause readmission increased from 5.9 percent to 8.5 percent. Similar trends were observed for revision total hip arthroplasty in regard to hospital LOS and hospital readmission.
Read the study about outcomes for primary and revision total hip arthroplasty patients.
Read other coverage about hospital outcomes:
- Patients With Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders at Higher Risk of Complications, Mortality
- Radiation at Time of Lumpectomy Provides Faster, More Precise Treatment of Breast Cancer
- Study: Physicians Recommend Treatments They Would Not Choose for Themselves