Hospital and patient factors predict length of stay in patients with osteoarthritis undergoing total primary hip replacement
Authors' conclusion
Patient race and ethnicity and insurance payer status are important patient-level determinants of longer LOS for primary THA hospitalizations in the US.
Study context
- Population
- Patients with osteoarthritis (OA) who underwent primary total hip arthroplasties (THA), National Inpatient Sample, USprimary THAs, 2016–2019
- Participants
- 1,525,730 patients
- Outcome
- Factors associated with eLOS (>3 days)
Methodological detailsNational Inpatient Sample, univariate and multivariable-adjusted logistic regression
- National Inpatient Sample
- Univariate and multivariable-adjusted logistic regression
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
ROC C-statistic
0.78
Observational data: associations, not effects.
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Original publication
Hospital and patient factors predict length of stay in patients with osteoarthritis undergoing total primary hip replacement. Joint Bone Spine. Published 30 April 2025. doi:10.
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