Are Readmissions After THA Preventable?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Readmissions after total joint arthroplasty have become a key quality measure in elective surgery in the United States. The Affordable Care Act includes the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program, which calls for reduced payments to hospitals with excessive readmissions. This policy uses a method to determine excess readmission ratios and calculate readmission payment adjustments to hospitals, however, it is unclear whether readmission rates are an effective quality metric. The reasons or conditions associated with readmission after elective THA have been well established but the extent to which readmissions can be prevented after THA remains unclear.

Questions/purposes

(1) Are unplanned readmissions after THA associated with orthopaedic or medical causes? (2) Are

SUBMITTER: Weinberg DS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5384913 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature