Surgical treatment approaches and reimbursement costs of surgical site infections post hip arthroplasty in Australia: a retrospective analysis

Table 1 Characteristics of n=114 patients with deep SSI in the final dataset

Patient outcomes	N	%
Total, patients	114	100
Gender
female	61	53.5
male	53	46.5
Age groups
35-49	5	4.4
50-59	20	17.5
60-69	38	33.3
70-79	37	32.5
80-85+	14	12.3
Classification of infection
Possibly deep infection	39	34.2
Deep/joint infection	75	65.8

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