Predictors and Cost of Readmission in Total Knee Arthroplasty.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement bundle was created to decrease total knee arthroplasty (TKA) cost. To help accomplish this, there is a focus on reducing TKA readmissions. However, there is a lack of national representative sample of all-payer hospital admissions to direct strategy, identify risk factors for readmission, and understand actual readmission cost.

Methods

We used the Nationwide Readmission Database to examine national readmission rates, predictors of readmission, and associated readmission costs for elective TKA procedures. We fit a multivariable logistic regression model to examine factors associated with readmission. Then, we determined mean readmission costs and calculated the readmission cost when distributed across the entire TKA popu

SUBMITTER: Urish KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6103832 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature