. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 1.

Published in final edited form as: Am J Emerg Med. 2014 May 10;32(9):1089–1092. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2014.05.005

Table 1.

Discharge rates and 72-hour return rates stratified by fracture type in older adults discharged from the Emergency Department.

Anatomical Group:	Total number (discharged and admitted)	Patients Discharged (% of fracture type discharged):	72-hour returns (percentage of those discharged returning:
Upper Arm	128	85 (66%)	2 (2.4%) [95% CI 0.01-8.2%]
Distal Forearm	105	93 (87%)	10 (11%) [95% CI 5.3-19%]
Hand	26	24 (92%)	3 (13%) [95% CI 2.6-34%]
Ribs	95	38 (40%)	0 (0%) [95% CI 0-9.2%]
Upper Leg	54	9 (17%)	1 (11%) [95% CI 0.3-48%]
Ankle	70	39 (56%)	4 (10%) [95% CI 2.9-24%]
Foot	31	27 (87%)	0 (0%) [95% CI 0-13%]
Total	523	315 (60%)	20 (6.3%) [95% CI 3.9-9.6%]

CI=confidence interval