Emergency Department Visits Within 90 Days of Total Ankle Replacement.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Total ankle replacement (TAR) utilization in the United States has steeply increased in recent decades. Emergency department (ED) visits following TAR impacts patient satisfaction and health care costs and warrant exploration.

Methods

This retrospective cohort study utilized the 2010 to 2019 M91Ortho PearlDiver data set to identify TAR patients with at least 90 days of follow-up. PearlDiver contains billing claims data across all sites of care throughout the United States for all indications for care. Patient factors extracted included age, sex, Elixhauser Comorbidity Index (ECI), region of the country in which surgery was performed, insurance plan, and postoperative hospital length of stay. Ninety-day postoperative ED visit incidence, timing, frequency, and prima

SUBMITTER: Ratnasamy PP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9619275 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature