Table 1.
Characteristic of patients admitted with diagnosis of hip fracture in Lazio, before and after the pay performance act
|
Patients characteristics |
Before pay performance act (period 1) |
After pay performance act (period 2) |
|---|---|---|
| n = 6,043 | n = 6,390 | |
| Age (mean, SD) |
82.7 (7.2) |
83.2 (7.1) |
| |
% |
% |
| Gender |
|
|
| Female |
77.2 |
81.1 |
| Obesity (in the previous 2 years) |
0.4 |
0.4 |
| Obesity (current admission) |
0.4 |
0.5 |
| Hemiplegia and other paralytic syndromes (in the previous 2 years) |
0.5 |
0.3 |
| Hemiplegia and other paralytic syndromes (current admission) |
0.4 |
0.3 |
| Other forms of chronic ischemic heart disease (in the previous 2 years) |
9.9 |
9.3 |
| Heart failure (in the previous 2 years) |
4.9 |
5.7 |
| Vascular disease (in the previous 2 years) |
2.7 |
2.5 |
| Vascular disease (current admission) |
0.6 |
0.9 |
| Cerebrovascular disease (in the previous 2 years) |
9.0 |
8.4 |
| Cerebrovascular disease (current admission) |
3.1 |
3.1 |
| Diabetes (in the previous 2 years) |
6.2 |
6.2 |
| Blood disorders (in the previous 2 years) |
4.6 |
5.0 |
| Hypertension (in the previous 2 years) |
14.4 |
13.2 |
| COPD (in the previous 2 years) |
5.8 |
4.9 |
| Chronic renal disease (in the previous 2 years) |
3.3 |
3.5 |
| Chronic renal disease (current admission) |
3.2 |
4.2 |
| Types of hospital payment |
|
|
| Local health unit |
54.6 |
55.9 |
| Public and teaching |
23.2 |
23.2 |
| Classified |
8.4 |
9.8 |
| Private | 13.9 | 11.1 |