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Table 1 Impact of relevant preoperative patient characteristics

From: The impact of preoperative patient characteristics on the cost-effectiveness of total hip replacement: a cohort study

Significant Spearman’s rank correlation: relation of secondary diagnoses, operations/procedures, and further parameters with *costs and ^QALYs (p < 0.05)

Frequency/mean (SD)

%

Missing

Secondary diagnoses, at least 10 times

   

  D62 - Acute anemia*

26

8.9

1

  E03 - Hypothyroidism

48

16.5

1

  E11 - Diabetes*

23

7.9

1

  E66 - Obesity

18

6.2

1

  E78 - Lipidemia

30

10.3

1

  E79 - Purine/pyrimidine metabolism

13

4.5

1

  E86 - Hypovolemia*

13

4.5

1

  E87 - Dysfunction of water/electrolyte balance*

18

6.2

1

  F32 - Depression^

12

4.1

1

  G47 - Sleep disorder*

10

3.4

1

  I10 - Arterial hypertonicity

160

55.0

1

  I25 - Ischemic heart disease

16

5.5

1

  I48 - Atrial fibrillation

12

4.1

1

  J45 - Asthma^

12

4.1

1

  M16 - Coxarthrosis

281

96.6

1

  N18/N39 - renal failure and related diseases

17

5.8

1

  T81 - Other complications*

11

3.8

1

  Z86 - Personal anamnesis other diseases

11

3.8

1

  Z88 - Drug allergy

15

5.2

1

  Z91 - Risk factors in personal anamnesis

15

5.2

1

  Z92 - Care of personal anamnesis

43

14.8

1

  Z95 - Cardiac/vascular implants

24

8.2

1

  Z96 - Other functional implants

48

16.5

1

  n.n. - Cardiopathy

28

9.6

0

  n.n. - COPD

12

4.1

0

  n.n. - Hypercholesterolemia

44

15.1

0

  n.n. - Myocardial infarction/stent

20

6.9

0

  n.n. - Reflux^

18

6.2

0

  n.n. - Major hip distortion*^

20

7.0

0

  n.n. - deep venous thrombosis (DVT)

12

4.1

0

  Number of secondary diagnoses*

3.4 (3.0)

 

1

Operations and procedures, at least 5 times

   

  5-782 - Excision/resection of diseased bone*

5

1.7

2

  5-791 - Open reposition of fracture*

6

2.1

2

  5-820 - Primary endoprosthesis (no revision)

281

96.7

2

  5-821 - Revision*

10

3.4

2

  5-829 - Other arthroplasty*

10

3.4

2

  5-986 - Minimally invasive technique

271

93.4

2

  8-919 - Acute pain relief

5

1.7

2

  8-930/1 - Monitoring*

30

10.3

2

  Number of operation and procedure codes*

2.4 (1.2)

 

2

Other

   

  Age^

68 (10.2)

 

1

  Gender male

121

41.6

1

  BMI*

26.8 (4.9)

 

7

   ≥30

49

17.2

 

  Major diagnosis*

  

1

   Osteoarthritis

279

95.5

 

   Osteonecrosis

3

1.0

 

   Mechanical complications/infections

9

3.1

 

  Operations at joint before procedure*^

  

1

   0

265

91.1

 

   1

19

6.5

 

   2 or more

7

2.4

 

  Marital status

  

3

   Married

192

66.4

 

   Single

25

8.7

 

   Divorced/living apart

34

11.8

 

   Widowed

38

13.1

 

  Housing situation

  

4

   Alone

81

28.1

 

   With partner

146

50.7

 

   With family

61

21.2

 

  Discharge home (other, inpatient rehabilitation)

56

19.2

3

  Health insurance compulsory (other, private)*

149

51.2

1

  Already THR

61

20.9

0

  Preoperative hemoglobin*

14.0 (1.2)

 

0

  Blood transfusion/erythrocyte concentrate*

16

5.5

2

  ASA score*

  

0

   1

110

37.7

 

   2

158

54.1

 

   3 or higher

24

8.2

 

  Charlson Comorbidity Index*

  

1

   0

217

74.6

 

   1

57

19.6

 

   2

10

3.4

 

   3 or higher

7

2.4

 

  Metabolic syndrome*

8

2.7

0

  Cement or hybrid (other, cementless)^

34

11.9

7