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Improving value in primary total joint arthroplasty care pathways: changes in inpatient physical therapy staffing
BACKGROUND: An early physical therapy (PT) care pathway was implemented to provide same-day ambulation after total joint arthroplasty by changing PT staffing hours. METHODS: After receiving an exemption from our institutional review board, we performed a secondary data analysis on a cohort of patien...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5365407/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28378006 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.artd.2016.02.003 |
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author | Pelt, Christopher E. Anderson, Mike B. Pendleton, Robert Foulks, Matthew Peters, Christopher L. Gililland, Jeremy M. |
author_facet | Pelt, Christopher E. Anderson, Mike B. Pendleton, Robert Foulks, Matthew Peters, Christopher L. Gililland, Jeremy M. |
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description | BACKGROUND: An early physical therapy (PT) care pathway was implemented to provide same-day ambulation after total joint arthroplasty by changing PT staffing hours. METHODS: After receiving an exemption from our institutional review board, we performed a secondary data analysis on a cohort of patients that underwent primary TJA of the hip or knee 6 months before and 12 months after implementation of the change. Data on same-day ambulation rates, length of stay (LOS), and in-hospital costs were reviewed. RESULTS: Early evaluation and mobilization of patients by PT improved on postoperative day (POD) 0 from 64% to 85% after the change (P ≤ .001). The median LOS before the change was 3.27 days compared to 3.23 days after the change (P = .014). Patients with higher American Society of Anesthesiologists scores were less likely to ambulate on POD 0 (P = .038) and had longer hospital stays (P < .001). Early mobilization in the entire cohort was associated with a greater cost savings (P < .001). CONCLUSIONS: A relatively simple change to staffing hours, using resources currently available to us, and little additional financial or institutional investment resulted in a significant improvement in the number of patients ambulating on POD 0, with a modest reduction in both LOS and inpatient costs. |
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spelling | pubmed-53654072017-04-04 Improving value in primary total joint arthroplasty care pathways: changes in inpatient physical therapy staffing Pelt, Christopher E. Anderson, Mike B. Pendleton, Robert Foulks, Matthew Peters, Christopher L. Gililland, Jeremy M. Arthroplasty Today Original Research BACKGROUND: An early physical therapy (PT) care pathway was implemented to provide same-day ambulation after total joint arthroplasty by changing PT staffing hours. METHODS: After receiving an exemption from our institutional review board, we performed a secondary data analysis on a cohort of patients that underwent primary TJA of the hip or knee 6 months before and 12 months after implementation of the change. Data on same-day ambulation rates, length of stay (LOS), and in-hospital costs were reviewed. RESULTS: Early evaluation and mobilization of patients by PT improved on postoperative day (POD) 0 from 64% to 85% after the change (P ≤ .001). The median LOS before the change was 3.27 days compared to 3.23 days after the change (P = .014). Patients with higher American Society of Anesthesiologists scores were less likely to ambulate on POD 0 (P = .038) and had longer hospital stays (P < .001). Early mobilization in the entire cohort was associated with a greater cost savings (P < .001). CONCLUSIONS: A relatively simple change to staffing hours, using resources currently available to us, and little additional financial or institutional investment resulted in a significant improvement in the number of patients ambulating on POD 0, with a modest reduction in both LOS and inpatient costs. Elsevier 2016-04-08 /pmc/articles/PMC5365407/ /pubmed/28378006 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.artd.2016.02.003 Text en © 2016 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Original Research Pelt, Christopher E. Anderson, Mike B. Pendleton, Robert Foulks, Matthew Peters, Christopher L. Gililland, Jeremy M. Improving value in primary total joint arthroplasty care pathways: changes in inpatient physical therapy staffing |
title | Improving value in primary total joint arthroplasty care pathways: changes in inpatient physical therapy staffing |
title_full | Improving value in primary total joint arthroplasty care pathways: changes in inpatient physical therapy staffing |
title_fullStr | Improving value in primary total joint arthroplasty care pathways: changes in inpatient physical therapy staffing |
title_full_unstemmed | Improving value in primary total joint arthroplasty care pathways: changes in inpatient physical therapy staffing |
title_short | Improving value in primary total joint arthroplasty care pathways: changes in inpatient physical therapy staffing |
title_sort | improving value in primary total joint arthroplasty care pathways: changes in inpatient physical therapy staffing |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5365407/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28378006 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.artd.2016.02.003 |
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