The Impact of Room-Sharing on Length of Stay After Total Hip or Knee Arthroplasty: A Retrospective Study

Background: Prolonged length of stay (LOS) after elective total hip (THA) and knee (TKA) arthroplasty is often associated with worse patient outcomes. Social support through room-sharing has been identified as a factor that may reduce LOS in a hospital setting, but has not yet been examined in an or...

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Main Authors: Yui Yee Felice Tong, MD, B AppSci (Physiotherapy), Sascha Karunaratne, B HlthSci (Hons)/M Physio, Daniel Youlden, MBBS, Sanjeev Gupta, MBBS, FRACS (Orth)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-04-01
Series:Arthroplasty Today
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352344121000534