In France, distance from hospital and health care structure impact on outcome after arthroplasty of the hip for proximal fractures of the femur.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hip arthroplasty is a frequently performed procedure in orthopedic surgery, carried out in almost all health structures for two main issues: fracture and coxarthrosis. Even if volume-outcome relationship appeared associated in many surgeries recently, data provided are not sufficient to set surgical thresholds neither than closing down low-volumes centers.

Question

With this study, we wanted to identify surgical, health care-related and territorial factors influencing patient' mortality and readmission after a HA for a femoral fracture in 2018 in France.

Patients and methods

Data were anonymously collected from French nationwide administrative databases. All patients who underwent a hip arthroplasty for a femoral fracture through 2018 were included. Patient

SUBMITTER: Levaillant M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10257255 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature