Outcomes of a Joint Replacement Surgical Home Model Clinical Pathway

Table 2

Summary of conclusive findings.

Independent variable	Mean LOS	𝑃 value
ASA score		0.631
≤2 (𝑛=50); >2 (𝑛=140)	2.64 days; 2.71 days
Day of surgery (THA)		0.005
Tuesday (𝑛=43); Thursday (𝑛=44)	2.51 days; 3.11 days
Day of surgery (TKA)		0.035
Tuesday (𝑛=57); Thursday (𝑛=46)	2.46 days; 2.76 days
Day of surgery (primary THA)		0.099
Tuesday (𝑛=28); Thursday (𝑛=23)	2.57 days; 3.04 days
Day of surgery (primary TKA)		0.160
Tuesday (𝑛=47); Thursday (𝑛=35)	2.40 days; 2.60 days
PACU arrival time		0.001
Before 1400 (𝑛=92); After 1400 (𝑛=98)	2.49 days; 2.60 days
Case number		0.022
Case 1 or 2 (𝑛=134); Case 3, 4, or 5 (𝑛=57)	2.59 days; 2.95 days
THA location of discharge		0.019
Home (𝑛=40); Secondary care facility (𝑛=47)	2.55 days; 3.04 days
TKA location of discharge		0.0002
Home (𝑛=52); Secondary care facility (𝑛=46)	2.35 days; 2.87 days
THA anesthesia administered		0.0006
General endotracheal (𝑛=32); Spinal regional (𝑛=55)	3.28 days; 2.54 days
TKA anesthesia administered		0.095
General endotracheal (𝑛=28); Spinal regional (𝑛=74)	2.78 days; 2.51 days
THA surgery complexity		0.850
Simple THA (𝑛=55); More complex THA (𝑛=30)	2.78 days; 2.80 days
TKA surgery complexity		0.020
Simple TKA (𝑛=82); More complex TKA (𝑛=22)	2.49 days; 4.00 days