Table 1.
Demographic and clinical details for hospital episodes associated with in hospital hip fractures
| Patients with in-hospital hip fracture* | Patients without in-hospital hip fracture | p | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
N (admissions) |
1127 |
1,989,784 |
|
|
Age (years), SD (mean) |
81.52 (10.35) |
71.33 (16.76) |
<0.001 |
|
Gender (male, %) |
482 (42.8) |
1,0614,39 (57.2) |
<0.001 |
|
Admission from nursing home (%) |
64 (5.7) |
42987 (2.2) |
<0.001 |
|
Length of stay (days), SD (mean) |
20.7(25.34) |
9.8 (11.20) |
<0.001 |
|
Death during admission (%) |
314 (27.9) |
187535 (9.4) |
<0.001 |
|
Discharge to rehabilitation hospital (%) |
116 (10.3) |
69544 (3.5) |
<0.001 |
|
Cost of hospital admission (€), SD (mean) |
6927€ (5572) |
3730€ (2344) |
<0.001 |
|
Charlson index > 2 (%) |
1080 (95.8) |
1,610,996 (81) |
<0.001 |
|
Cancer (%) |
106 (9.4) |
198,277 (10.0) |
0.548 |
|
Metastasic cancer (%) |
30 (2.7) |
56783 (2.9) |
0.778 |
|
Chronic heart failure (%) |
248 (22.0) |
454,746 (22.9) |
0.522 |
|
Chronic cerebrovascular disease (%) |
110 (9.8) |
158,020 (7.9) |
0.025 |
|
Chronic pulmonary disease (%) |
253 (22.4) |
513,387 (25.8) |
0.012 |
|
Dementia (%) |
155 (13.8) |
116612 (5.9) |
<0.001 |
|
Diabetes (%) |
275 (24.4) |
526,951 (26.5) |
0.114 |
|
Myocardial infarction (%) |
102 (9.1) |
188,634 (9.5) |
0.643 |
|
Chronic renal disease (%) |
94 (8.3) |
143,242 (7.2) |
0.147 |
|
Delirium (%) |
43 (3.8) |
36248 (1.8) |
<0.001 |
|
Malnutrition (%) |
51 (4.5) |
29695 (1.5) |
<0.001 |
| Anemia (%) | 247 (21.9) | 305,865 (15.4) | <0.001 |
*Internal Medicine discharges with ICD-9-CM code for fracture in any secondary diagnosis field, without a principal diagnosis of Hip fracture.