Figure 2.

90 Day Outcomes Among Hip Fracture Patients (n=880,339)

The pie chart presents the 90-day outcomes for all hip fracture patients between 1999 and 2007 (n=880,339), of which 57% (n=501,793) of the cohort achieved successful community discharge, 27% (n=237,692) were still in a healthcare institution, 9% (n=79,231) were in the community less than 30 days, and 7% (n=61,624) died before returning to the community.

The bar graph presents the distribution of patients that remained in the community less than 30 days (n=79,231). Of these individuals, 68% (n=53,877) were readmitted to an acute care hospital, 17% (n=13,469) were admitted to an IRF/SNF, 5% (n=3,962) entered a nursing home, 5% (3,962) died in the community, 3% (n=2,377) transitioned to hospice care, and the remaining 2% (1,585) were admitted to another healthcare setting (e.g., psychiatric hospital, long term care hospital).

Successful community discharge was defined as being discharged to the community from post-acute care and remaining in the community at least 30 days, within the first 90 days after the acute care hospital discharge.

SNF/IRF= skilled nursing facility or inpatient rehabilitation facility