Home and Outpatient Physical Therapy Utilization Following Total Ankle Replacement
Ratnasamy P, Gouzoulis M, Kammien A, Oh I, Grauer J. Home and Outpatient Physical Therapy Utilization Following Total Ankle Replacement. Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics 2022, 7: 24730114221146175. PMID: 36582653, PMCID: PMC9793015, DOI: 10.1177/24730114221146175.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTotal ankle replacementRetrospective cohort studyElixhauser Comorbidity IndexPhysical therapyCohort studyPatient factorsTAR patientsAnkle replacementPhysical therapy utilizationDay of surgeryInpatient physical therapyLogistic regression analysisFrequency of homeComorbidity indexIndependent predictorsMedicaid insurancePatients surgeryPredictive factorsTherapy utilizationCare pathwayAdministrative codingSurgeryLevel IIIPatientsFirst weekPhysical Therapy Utilization Within 90 Days of Total Ankle Arthroplasty
Ratnasamy P, Gouzoulis M, Kammien A, Grauer J. Physical Therapy Utilization Within 90 Days of Total Ankle Arthroplasty. Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics 2022, 7: 2473011421s00896. PMCID: PMC9679831, DOI: 10.1177/2473011421s00896.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTotal ankle arthroplastyElixhauser Comorbidity IndexPhysical therapyPatient factorsTAA patientsAnkle arthroplastyHigher Elixhauser comorbidity indexPhysical therapy utilizationRetrospective cohort studyDay of surgeryMedicaid insurance coverageLogistic regression analysisComorbidity indexCohort studyPatients surgeryPredictive factorsTherapy utilizationOutpatient settingSurgeryGreater incidenceMultivariate analysisOlder ageFirst weekSeventh weekInsurance coverage