Treatment of Periprosthetic Infections: An Economic Analysis

Table 1

Cost of noninfected TJR and debridement and retention for treatment of infected TJR [18].

	Non-infected; TJR	Infected TJR; DR	P
Total inpatient	22,688	57,494	0.001
Medical	1732	9117	0.001
Nursing	7830	28,140	0.001
Operating room	11,173	18,977	0.001
Implants	7468	8336	0.3
Intensive care unit	0	0	1.0
Allied health	1562	3707	0.001
Medical imaging	64	278	0.001
Pathology	188	1710	0.001
Pharmacy	331	2388	0.001
Hospital at home	469	1624	0.02
Total outpatient	377	4426	0.001
Medical	23	901	0.001
Nursing	278	442	0.03
Allied health	0	44	0.002
Medical imaging	0	120	0.001
Pathology	0	146	0.001
Pharmacy	0	1846	0.001
Total emergency	0	553	0.001
Total costs	24,073	75,661	0.001