Can Early Rehabilitation after Total Hip Arthroplasty Reduce Its Major Complications and Medical Expenses? Report from a Nationally Representative Cohort
Table 1
Descriptive statistics among patients receiving total hip arthroplasty.
Variables
Before propensity score
After propensity score
Early RG
Delayed RG
value
Early RG
Delayed RG
value
Total, (%)
999 (81.09)
233 (18.91)
820 (80.00)
205 (20.00)
Gender, (%)
Female
434 (43.44)
106 (45.49)
0.5701
355 (43.29)
94 (45.85)
0.5086
Male
565 (56.56)
127 (54.51)
465 (56.71)
111 (54.15)
Age, mean ± SD
56.48 ± 14.71
59.80 ± 14.63
0.0019
56.19 ± 13.63
57.48 ± 13.83
0.2270
Age group
<65
681 (68.17)
136 (58.37)
0.0044
583 (71.10)
134 (65.37)
0.1094
≧65
318 (31.83)
97 (41.63)
237 (28.90)
71 (64.63)
Length of stay, mean ± SD
8.66 ± 5.53
8.70 ± 5.30
0.9152
8.52 ± 5.17
8.64 ± 5.37
0.7644
OPD visits, mean ± SD
28.75 ± 21.55
41.49 ± 29.20
<0.0001
28.54 ± 21.67
39.20 ± 27.70
<0.0001
Total medical expenses (USD/year), mean ± SD
77002 ± 151086
123911 ± 189473
0.0005
70788 ± 128596
119293 ± 194903
0.0008
Total rehabilitation expenses (USD/year), mean ± SD