Post-acute care disparities in total joint arthroplasty.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Understanding the socioeconomic factors that influence hospitalization and post-discharge metrics after joint replacement is important for identifying key areas of improvement in the delivery of orthopaedic care.

Methods

An institutional administrative data set of 2869 patients from an academic arthroplasty referral center was analyzed to quantify the relationship between socioeconomic factors and post-acute rehabilitation care received, length of stay, and cost of care. The study used International Classification of Disease, ninth edition coding in order to identify cohorts of patients who received joint arthroplasty of the knee and hip between January 2007 and May 2015.

Results

The study found that females (odds ratio [OR], 2.07; 95% confidence interval [

SUBMITTER: Lan RH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5585813 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature