Primary hip and knee arthroplasty at district level is safe and may reduce the burden on tertiary care in a low-income setting

Table 1 Patient demographics

Characteristic		DH (n = 228)	TH (n = 795)
Average age		59.7 ± 10.9	60.1 ± 14.0	p = 0.17
Gender
	Female	72.6%	70.5%	p = 0.53
	Male	27.4%	29.5%	p = 0.53
HIV Status	Positive	12.2%	3.4%	p = 0.000002
	Negative	23.5%	16.0%
	Unknown	80.6%	64.3%
American Society of Anaesthesiologists (ASA) physical status classification [24]
	I	14.8%	12.3%	p = 0.0002
	II	74.3%	62.8%
	III	10.9%	24.4%
	IV	0.0%	0.5%

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