Sex differences in characteristics, utilization, and outcomes of patient undergoing total elbow arthroplasty: a study of the US nationwide inpatient sample

The aim of this study was to compare patient characteristics, utilization rates, and outcomes after total elbow arthroplasty (TEA) by sex. We used the nationwide inpatient sample from 1998 to 2011 to study sex-related time trends in patient characteristics, comorbidity, and outcomes after TEA. We us...

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Published in:Clinical rheumatology 2016-03, Vol.35 (3), p.723-731
Main Authors: Singh, Jasvinder A., Ramachandran, Rekha
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Arthroplasty, Replacement, Elbow - methods
Arthroplasty, Replacement, Elbow - mortality
Arthroplasty, Replacement, Elbow - utilization
Female
Health Surveys
Humans
Inpatients
Length of Stay
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Middle Aged
Original Article
Rheumatology
Sex Factors
Treatment Outcome
United States
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Summary:The aim of this study was to compare patient characteristics, utilization rates, and outcomes after total elbow arthroplasty (TEA) by sex. We used the nationwide inpatient sample from 1998 to 2011 to study sex-related time trends in patient characteristics, comorbidity, and outcomes after TEA. We used chi-squared test, analysis of variance, and the Cochran-Armitage test to assess differences in utilization rates and characteristics over time by sex and logistic regression to compare mortality, discharge disposition, and the length of hospital stay by sex. Overall TEA utilization 0.45 in 1998 to 0.96 per 100,000 in 2011 ( p  
ISSN:0770-3198
1434-9949
DOI:10.1007/s10067-014-2778-9