Table 6.

the effect of medication reconciliation on hospital utilization of patients with PJI

Hospital utilization	Reconciliation n = 33	Control n = 32	P
Age (mean)	67.4 ± 4.5	68.2 ± 5.8	0.633
BMI (mean)	25.3 ± 3.7	25.7 ± 2.1	0.311
Male, n (%)	13 (53.5)	16 (50.0)	0.167
Female, n (%)	20 (46.5)	16 (50.0)	0.154
Length of stay for the first stage (days)	16.3 ± 3.8	20.7 ± 3.4	0.03
Length of stay for the second stage (days)	9.6 ± 2.7	10.2 ± 3.2	0.12
Readmission within 30 Days, n (%)	0 (0.0)	2 (6.25)	0.33
Unplanned outpatient visits between the two stages and within 3 months following the second stage, n (%)	0 (0.0)	4 (12.5)	0.09
The time between the first admission and the reimplantation of a new prosthesis (days)	57.3 ± 7.2	70.5 ± 11.9	0.002