Association of Total Knee Replacement Removal From the Inpatient-Only List With Outpatient Surgery Utilization and Outcomes in Medicare Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Little is known about the association of total knee replacement (TKR) removal from the Medicare inpatient-only (IPO) list in 2018 with outcomes in Medicare patients.

Objective

To evaluate (1) patient factors associated with outpatient TKR use and (2) whether the IPO policy was associated with changes in postoperative outcomes for patients undergoing TKR.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study included data from administrative claims from the New York Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System. Included patients were Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries undergoing TKRs or total hip replacements (THRs) in New York State from 2016 to 2019. Multivariable generalized linear mixed models were used to identify patient factors associated with

SUBMITTER: Schloemann DT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10242427 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature