Regional Anesthesia and Readmission Rates After Total Knee Arthroplasty.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Total knee arthroplasty is a commonly performed procedure and an important contributor to national health care spending. Reducing the incidence of readmission could have important consequences for patient well-being and relevant financial implications. Whether regional anesthesia techniques are associated with decreased readmission rates and costs among privately insured patients remains unknown.

Methods

Using administrative claims data, we identified 138,362 privately insured patients 18-64 years of age who underwent total knee arthroplasty between 2002 and 2013. We then examined whether the use of a nerve block was associated with decreases in readmission rates and related costs during the 90 days after discharge. Our analyses were adjusted for potential confoun

SUBMITTER: Chi D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6605076 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature