Length of hospital stay after hip fracture and short term risk of death after discharge: a total cohort study in Sweden

Objective To investigate relation between inpatient length of stay after hip fracture and risk of death after hospital discharge.Setting Population ≥50 years old living in Sweden as of 31 December 2005 with a first hip fracture the years 2006-12.Participants 116 111 patients with an incident hip fra...

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Published in:BMJ (Online) 2015-02, Vol.350 (feb20 1), p.h696-h696
Main Authors: Nordström, Peter, Gustafson, Yngve, Michaëlsson, Karl, Nordström, Anna
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Blood transfusions
Cohort Studies
Female
Fractures
Hip Fractures - mortality
Hip joint
Hospitals
Humans
Kaplan-Meier Estimate
Length of stay
Length of Stay - statistics & numerical data
Male
Middle Aged
Odds Ratio
Older people
Patient Discharge
Patients
Regression analysis
Software
Sweden - epidemiology
Women
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Summary:Objective To investigate relation between inpatient length of stay after hip fracture and risk of death after hospital discharge.Setting Population ≥50 years old living in Sweden as of 31 December 2005 with a first hip fracture the years 2006-12.Participants 116 111 patients with an incident hip fracture from a closed nationwide cohort.Main outcome measure Death within 30 days of hospital discharge in relation to hospital length of stay after adjustment for multiple covariates.Results Mean inpatient length of stay after a hip fracture decreased from 14.2 days in 2006 to 11.6 days in 2012 (P
ISSN:0959-8138
1756-1833
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.h696