Hospital Readmission Rates Following Outpatient Versus Inpatient Shoulder Arthroplasty.

This study had a power of 85% to detect a difference of 1% in 30-day readmission. Following 1:1 propensity score matching, 1714 patients who underwent inpatient TSA and 1714 patients who underwent out-patient TSA were analyzed. All-cause 30-day readmission rates were 3.4% in the outpatient group and 1.7% in the inpatient group (P<.01). A total of 1.9% of patients who underwent outpatient surgery had a 30-day readmission for a surgical complication compared with 1.4% of patients who underwent inpatient surgery (P=.32). Although patients who underwent outpatient TSA had an increased risk of all-cause 30-day readmission compared with equally matched controls who underwent inpatient TSA, readmission for surgical complications was equivalent between the two groups. Careful patient selection for outpatient TSA should be emphasized to minimize the potential for postoperative hospital admission. [Orthopedics. 2021;44(x):xx-xx.]. PMID: 33002176 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Orthopedics - Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Tags: Orthopedics Source Type: research