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. 2009 Oct 12;9:186. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-9-186

Table 4.

Relationship between quality of care criteria and mortality in different sensitivity analyses.

Adjusted * mortality OR (95% CI) for fulfilment of the quality of care criteria Assessment of nutritional risk within 2 days after admission Systematic pain assessment during mobilization Assessment of ADL before the fracture Assessment of ADL before discharge Initiation of treatment to prevent future osteoporotic fractures
30-day post-admission mortality 0.98
(0.77 to 1.19)
0.72
(0.52 to 1.00)
0.54
(0.39 to 0.76)
0.28
(0.21 to 0.37)
0.64
(0.48 to 0.85)
30-day post-admission mortality excluding patients who died during hospitalization 1.01
(0.76 to 1.34)
0.73
(0.54 to 0.99)
0.65
(0.49 to 0.87)
0.42
(0.30 to 0.58)
0.73
(0.54 to 0.99)
30-day post-discharge mortality 0.98
(0.78 to 1.22)
0.80
(0.64 to 1.02)
0.71
(0.53 to 0.94)
0.55
(0.41 to 0.73)
0.80
(0.63 to 1.01)
180-day post-admission mortality 0.92
(0.78 to 1.10)
0.79
(0.63 to 0.99)
0.67
(0.53 to 0.85)
0.46
(0.37 to 0.58)
0.75
(0.61 to 0.91)
180-day post-discharge mortality 0.93
(0.76 to 1.12)
0.79
(0.65 to 0.96)
0.76
(0.61 to 0.94)
0.61
(0.49 to 0.76)
0.81
(0.67 to 0.97)
30-day post-admission mortality, largest hospital 0.38
(0.14 to 1.14)
0.22
(0.02 to 2.27)
0.50
(0.18 to 1.37)
0.50
(0.18 to 1.44)
0.40
(0.14 to 1.14)
30-day post-admission mortality, second largest hospital 0.69
(0.23 to 2.05)
NA† 0.03
(0.01 to 0.15)
0.03
(0.01 to 0.15)
NA†
30-day post-admission mortality, third largest hospital 0.97
(0.51 to 1.83)
0.78
(0.33 to 1.81)
0.60
(0.19 to 1.84)
0.18
(0.09 to 0.37)
0.72
(0.36 to 1.43)

* Adjusted for age, gender, comorbidity, living situation, type of fracture, fracture displacement status, ASA-score, delay until surgery and type of surgery. For post-discharge mortality ORs, also adjusted for length of hospital stay.

† No deaths among patients with systematic pain assessment or initiation of treatment to prevent future osteoporotic fractures.