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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pain Symptom Manage. 2012 Jun 21;44(3):458–465. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2011.09.011

Table 3.

Six-Month Outcomes for Hospice Beneficiaries with a Non-Pathological Hip Fracture

Hospice Cohort (n=14,400)
Cohort
(n=14,400)		 Surgery
(n=12,018)		 No Surgery
(n=2,382)
Alive at 6 months (n=4,759) 33.1 37.2 12.3
Type of service received at 6 months (%)
    Home on hospice 38.8 38.9 37.4
    Hospice in a nursing home 24.8 24.3 32.7
    Skilled nursing facility 2.6 2.6 2.0
    Nursing home 16.9 17.1 14.3
    Inpatient rehabilitation facility 0.02 0.02 0
    Home to self care 12.4 12.5 10.9
    Home health 3.5 3.6 2.0
    Hospital 0.6 0.6 0
    Other 0.4 0.4 0.7
Deceased by 6 Months (n=9,641) 66.9 62.8 87.7
Place of Death in first 6 months (%)
    Death during index event 13.0 9.8 24.8
    Home on hospice 40.0 39.9 40.4
    Hospice in a nursing home 22.0 22.1 22.3
    Skilled nursing facility 14.0 15.9 6.9
    Nursing home 3.0 2.9 1.6
    Inpatient rehabilitation facility 0.001 0.2 0.0
    Home to self care 0.03 3.0 2.1
    Home health 0.003 0.4 0.1
    Hospital 0.04 5.3 1.7
    Other 0.01 0.6 0.2

Note: Numbers may not add to 100% because of rounding.

Hospital= acute care hospital admission, emergency room visit, or hospital observation; Other= psychiatric hospital, long-term care hospital, outpatient services.