Table 2.

Predictors of Successful Community Discharge among Hip Fracture Patients, 1999–2007 (N = 880,339)

Characteristics and Measures	Adjusted Odds Ratios (AOR)	95% CI
Age
75–80	2.45	(2.41–2.48)
81–84	1.91	(1.88–1.94)
85–90	1.47	(1.45–1.49)
91+		Reference Group
Female	1.23	(1.21–1.23)
Race/ethnicity
Black	0.84	(0.82–0.86)
Hispanic	1.07	(1.02–1.12)
Other race	1.12	(1.07–1.16)
White		Reference Group
Acute care hospital stay characteristics
Elixhauser comorbidity score	0.91	(0.91–0.92)
Intensive care unit (ICU) utilization	0.89	(0.88–0.91)
Femoral neck fracture	1.36	(1.35–1.37)
Any hospital complications	0.89	(0.87–0.91)
Acute care hospitalization (days)	0.92	(0.92–0.93)
# of hip fracture admissions/year	1.00	(1.00–1.00)
First PAC site after hospital discharge
Skilled nursing facility	0.31	(0.31–0.32)
Year of hip fracture	0.98	(0.97–0.98)

Note: This table presents the adjusted odds ratios from a multivariate GLAMM model that clustered patients within PAC facilities within states.

The dependent variable successful community discharge was defined as being discharged to the community from post-acute care and remaining in the community at least 30 days.

PAC= post-acute care

95% CI= 95% confidence interval

Data includes patients experiencing a hip fracture between 1999 and 2007. There were 226,910 patients in the 75–80 years of age category; 216,198 in the 81–84 age category; 254,104 in the 85–90 age group, and 183,127 in the 91+ age group.