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. 2013 Feb 27;346:f1026. doi: 10.1136/bmj.f1026

Table 2.

 Initial cost of surgery, quality of life* six months after total hip replacement, and revision rates according to prosthesis type

Variables Age 60 Age 70 Age 80
Cemented Cementless Hybrid Cemented Cementless Hybrid Cemented Cementless Hybrid
Men:
 EQ-5D-3L index 0.797 0.807 0.810 0.819 0.836 0.848 0.797 0.804 0.824
 Oxford hip score 40.0 40.4 40.9 40.4 41.0 41.6 39.7 40.4 41.1
 Initial cost (£)† 5996 6811 6610 6096 6919 6711 6459 7227 6989
 5 year revision rate‡ (%) 2.4 3.1 2.5 2.0 2.9 2.3 1.8 3.3 3.3
 10 year revision rate§ (%) 6.7 6.7 6.9 4.8 5.2 5.1 3.3 4.5 4.7
Women:
 EQ-5D-3L index 0.785 0.787 0.800 0.781 0.799 0.805 0.754 0.749 0.751
 Oxford hip score 39.8 40.1 40.3 39.1 40.0 40.3 38.3 38.4 38.3
 Initial cost (£)† 6065 6882 6694 6193 7018 6822 6581 7351 7126
 5 year revision rate‡ (%) 1.8 2.9 2.1 1.5 2.8 1.9 1.4 3.1 2.7
 10 year revision rate§ (%) 5.1 5.6 5.3 3.6 4.5 4.0 2.5 4.0 3.8

*After applying GenMatch and regression to allow for observed preoperative differences.

†Combined costs of prosthesis, operating theatre, and hospital stay.

‡After adjusting for case mix by applying piecewise constant hazards model to linked data from the National Joint Registry of England and Wales and hospital episode statistics.

§After adjusting for case mix by applying piecewise constant hazards model to linked data from the National Joint Registry of England and Wales and hospital episode statistics, (years 1-5) and by applying Weibull hazard function to data from hospital episode statistics (years 6-10).