The readmission rate for total hip replacement and total knee replacement procedures performed recently on patients in California, Florida and Massachusetts was studied. Here are the findings for the percent of these patients readmitted within 30 days:
- 4.29 percent (California during the period 2009 to 2011)
- 4.7 percent (Florida during the period 2009 to 2013)
- 3.92 percent (Massachusetts during the period 2009 to 2012)
The authors analyzed the role of infection in these 30-day readmissions, finding that in about one-third of the total hip and total knee arthroplasty patients, infection was listed as the primary or secondary reason for readmission.
Source: A retrospective study. Medicine, 96(38). Click here for free full text: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5617700/pdf/medi-96-e7961.pdf Posted by AHA Resource Center (312) 422-2050, rc@aha.org
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