Table 4.
Disposition Following Emergency Department Visit and Hospitalization for a Diagnosed Hip Fracture among Adults Aged ≥65 Years, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project-Nationwide Emergency Department Sample, National Inpatient Sample—United States, 2019
| Disposition | Disposition from Emergency Department Visits (N = 318,797) |
Disposition after Hospitalization (N = 290,130) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Na | % | 95% CIb | Na | % | 95% CIb | |
| Routine | 10,944 | 3.4 | (3.1, 3.7) | 14,485 | 5.0 | (4.7, 5.2) |
| Transfer to short term hospital | 28,310 | 8.9 | (8.1, 9.7) | 5685 | 2.0 | (1.8, 2.1) |
| Other transfer (SNF, rehab, other facility)c | 7196 | 2.3 | (2.0, 2.5) | 240,205 | 82.8 | (82.4, 83.2) |
| Home health | 792 | 0.2 | (.2, .3) | 29,070 | 10.0 | (9.7, 10.3) |
| Against medical advice | 304 | 0.1 | (.1, .1) | 585 | 0.2 | (.1, .3) |
| Admitted as inpatient to same hospitald | 271,193 | 85.1 | (84.1, 86.0) | – | – | – |
| Disposition unknown/missing | 57 | 0.0 | (.0, .0) | 100 | 0.0 | (.0, .1) |
a
Number of ED visits/hospitalizations related to hip fractures weighted to be nationally representative of USA
b
CI = Confidence Interval.
c
Other transfers include transfers to skilled nursing facilities, rehabilitation facilities, and other facilities.
d
The number of patients admitted to same hospital from the emergency department differs from the number of hospitalizations because ED visits and hospitalizations come from two different data sets (HCUP-NEDS and HCUP-NIS).