Three Different Databases, Three Different Complication Rates for Knee and Hip Arthroplasty: Comparing the National Inpatient Sample, National Hospital Discharge Survey, and National Surgical Quality Improvement Program, 2006 to 2010.

CONCLUSION: The estimated complication rates from THA and TKA depend on which data source is used because of differences in data collection and sampling methodology. Similar differences may exist in other publications that use such secondary data sources. PMID: 30461517 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons - Category: Orthopaedics Tags: J Am Acad Orthop Surg Source Type: research