Can Early Rehabilitation after Total Hip Arthroplasty Reduce Its Major Complications and Medical Expenses? Report from a Nationally Representative Cohort
Joint Authors
Wu, Ming-Ping
Chiung-Jui Su, Daniel
Yuan, Kuo-Shu
Weng, Shih-Feng
Hong, Rong-Bin
Wu, Hing-Man
Chou, Willy
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-06-04
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Objective.
To investigate whether early rehabilitation reduces the occurrence of posttotal hip arthroplasty (THA) complications, adverse events, and medical expenses within one postoperative year.
Method.
We retrospectively retrieve data from Taiwan’s National Health Insurance Research Database.
Patients who had undergone THA during the period from 1998 to 2010 were recruited, matched for propensity scores, and divided into 2 groups: early rehabilitation (Early Rehab) and delayed rehabilitation (Delayed Rehab).
Results.
Eight hundred twenty of 999 THA patients given early rehabilitation treatments were matched to 205 of 233 THA patients given delayed rehabilitation treatments.
The Delayed Rehab group had significantly (all p < 0.001 ) higher medical and rehabilitation expenses and more outpatient department (OPD) visits than the Early Rehab group.
In addition, the Delayed Rehab group was associated with more prosthetic infection (odds ratio (OR): 3.152; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.211–8.203; p < 0.05 ) than the Early Rehab group.
Conclusions.
Early rehabilitation can significantly reduce the incidence of prosthetic infection, total rehabilitation expense, total medical expenses, and number of OPD visits within the first year after THA.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Chiung-Jui Su, Daniel& Yuan, Kuo-Shu& Weng, Shih-Feng& Hong, Rong-Bin& Wu, Ming-Ping& Wu, Hing-Man…[et al.]. 2015. Can Early Rehabilitation after Total Hip Arthroplasty Reduce Its Major Complications and Medical Expenses? Report from a Nationally Representative Cohort. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1056250
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Chiung-Jui Su, Daniel…[et al.]. Can Early Rehabilitation after Total Hip Arthroplasty Reduce Its Major Complications and Medical Expenses? Report from a Nationally Representative Cohort. BioMed Research International No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1056250
American Medical Association (AMA)
Chiung-Jui Su, Daniel& Yuan, Kuo-Shu& Weng, Shih-Feng& Hong, Rong-Bin& Wu, Ming-Ping& Wu, Hing-Man…[et al.]. Can Early Rehabilitation after Total Hip Arthroplasty Reduce Its Major Complications and Medical Expenses? Report from a Nationally Representative Cohort. BioMed Research International. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1056250
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1056250