Table 4.
Hospital resources use and medication need
| Education level | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low N=340 |
Medium N=306 |
High N=317 |
P value | |
| Length of stay in days, mean (SD) | 7.6 (±3.5) | 7.2 (±3.1) | 6.6 (±3.0) | 0.001 |
| Discharge destination (%) | ||||
| Home | 223 (65.6) | 212 (69.3) | 264 (83.3) | |
| Rehabilitation | 117 (34.4) | 94 (30.7) | 53 (16.7) | <0.001 |
| Any pain medication use at discharge (%) | 315 (92.6) | 280 (91.5) | 293 (92.4) | 0.850 |
| Type of pain medication use at discharge (%) | ||||
| Acetaminophen | 294 (86.5) | 271 (88.6) | 276 (87.1) | 0.716 |
| NSAIDs | 148 (43.5) | 157 (51.3) | 171 (53.9) | 0.21 |
| Opioid | 25 (7.4) | 30 (9.8) | 28 (8.8) | 0.534 |
| Any pain medication use 1-year after THA (%) | 149 (43.8) | 105 (34.3) | 98 (30.9) | 0.002 |
| Type of pain medication 1-year after THA (%) | ||||
| Acetaminophen | 102 (30.0) | 75 (24.5) | 59 (18.6) | 0.003 |
| NSAIDs | 56 (16.5) | 44 (14.4) | 57 (18.0) | 0.474 |
| Opioid | 31 (9.1) | 12 (3.9) | 13 (4.1) | 0.005 |
*p value for continuous variable calculated with ANOVA and for categorical variables calculated with Pearson Chi-Square