Preoperative pain level and patient expectation predict hospital length of stay after total hip arthroplasty.
The purpose of this study was to identify preoperative predictors of length of stay after primary total hip arthroplasty in a patient population reflecting current trends toward shorter hospitalization and using readily obtainable factors that do not require scoring systems. A retrospective review of 112 consecutive patients was performed. High preoperative pain level and patient expectation of discharge to extended care facilities (ECFs) were the only significant multivariable predictors of hospitalization extending beyond 2 days (P=0.001 and P<0.001 respectively). Patient expectation remained significant after adjusting for Medicare's 3-day requirement for discharge to ECFs (P<0.001). The study was adequately powered to analyze the variables in the multivariable logistic regression model, which had a concordance index of 0.857.
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- Orthopedics
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- Middle Aged
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Published In
DOI
EISSN
Publication Date
Volume
Issue
Start / End Page
Location
Related Subject Headings
- United States
- Skilled Nursing Facilities
- Retrospective Studies
- Patient Discharge
- Pain, Postoperative
- Pain Measurement
- Orthopedics
- Multivariate Analysis
- Middle Aged
- Medicare