Factors Associated With 30-Day Readmission After Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty: Analysis of 514 455 Procedures in the UK National Health Service.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Thirty-day readmission to hospital after total hip arthroplasty (THA) has significant direct costs and is used as a marker of hospital performance. All-cause readmission is the only metric in current use, and risk factors for surgical readmission and those resulting in return to theater (RTT) are poorly understood.

Objective

To determine whether patient-related predictors of all-cause, surgical, and RTT readmission after THA differ and which predictors are most significant.

Design, setting, and participants

Analysis of all primary THAs recorded in the National Health Service (NHS) Hospital Episode Statistics database from 2006 to 2015. The effect of patient-related factors on 30-day readmission risk was evaluated by multilevel logistic regression analysis.

SUBMITTER: Ali AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5831438 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature