Selective Early Hospital Discharge Does Not Increase Readmission but Unnecessary Return to the Emergency Department Is Excessive Across Groups After Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1175-1178

  Rossman, Stephen R ^a   Reb, Christopher W ^a   Danowski, Ryan M ^a   Maltenfort, Mitchell G ^b   Mariani, John K ^a   Lonner, Jess H ^b  

^a UMDNJ School of Osteopathic Medicine   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthroplasty; Discharge; Emergency department; Knee; Readmission

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SURGERY; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; KNEE REPLACEMENT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW JERSEY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW JERSEY; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84953431669     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2015.12.017     Document Type: Article

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