Published results showed patients who received home health care services after total hip arthroplasty had higher costs, increased 30-day readmission rates and similar complication rates compared with patients who discharged under self-care.
Sean B. Sequeira, MD, and colleagues retrospectively reviewed data on a cohort of 7,243 patients who received home health services after THA and a propensity-score matched cohort of 72,430 patients who were discharged home under self-care after THA from 2010 to 2019. According to the study, outcome measures included costs of care, readmissions, early