2024
Trends in Total Hip Arthroplasty Length of Stay and Coding Status From 2018 to 2021: Two-Year Impact of the Removal From the Inpatient-Only List
Sanchez J, Dhodapkar M, Halperin S, Jiang W, Grauer J, Rubin L. Trends in Total Hip Arthroplasty Length of Stay and Coding Status From 2018 to 2021: Two-Year Impact of the Removal From the Inpatient-Only List. Arthroplasty Today 2024, 30: 101568. DOI: 10.1016/j.artd.2024.101568.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLength of stayInpatient-onlyCode statusCenters for MedicareAverage length of stayPearson chi-square testOutpatient total hip arthroplastyCurrent Procedural Terminology codesChi-square testTotal hip arthroplasty patientsSmoking statusMethods DataTotal hip arthroplastyTwo-year impactProcedural Terminology codesNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseAmerican Society of Anesthesiologists classificationAnalysis of variance testQuality Improvement Program databaseOutpatient statusOutpatient casesAge groupsYear of surgeryCategorical variablesTerminology codes
2022
Jump in Elective Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Numbers at Age 65 Years: Evidence for Moral Hazard?
Rankin KA, Freedman IG, Moore HG, Halperin SJ, Rubin LE, Grauer JN. Jump in Elective Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Numbers at Age 65 Years: Evidence for Moral Hazard? JAAOS Global Research And Reviews 2022, 6: e22.00035. PMID: 35315795, PMCID: PMC8942773, DOI: 10.5435/jaaosglobal-d-22-00035.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTotal knee arthroplastyTotal hip arthroplastyAge 65 yearsNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseIncidence of TKAElective total knee arthroplastyQuality Improvement Program databaseLower body mass indexElective total hipPostoperative adverse eventsPreoperative American SocietyImprovement Program databaseLower functional statusBody mass indexNon-Hispanic whitesNumber of proceduresAnesthesiologists classPreoperative characteristicsOlder patientsAdverse eventsTHA patientsMass indexTotal hipFunctional statusKnee arthroplasty