Unplanned readmission rates for Total Joint patients now reach 5% within 90 days

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JOINT ARTHROPLASTY READMISSIONS TOP 5% (Orthopedics This Week)
A little more than 5% of patients who undergo total hip and knee arthroplasty return to the hospital within 90 days for an unplanned readmission, according to a study published in October in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.
Benjamin Zmistowski, from Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, conducted the study. He and his colleagues examined the incidence, causes, and risk factors for readmission following total joint arthroplasty. They used data from an institutional arthroplasty database for 10,633 admissions ...

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