Table 4.
Length of stay by fracture type (n=1898a)
| Healthcare service used | New fracture at specific location | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Spineb (n=195) | Hip (n=134) | Non-hip, non-spine (n=1,654) | Wrist/hand (n=419) | Arm/shoulder (n=197) | Pelvis (n=89) | Rib (n=252) | Leg (n=207) | Otherc (n=658) | |
| Hospital (n) | n=56 | n=99 | n=369 | n=81 | n=62 | n=36 | n=40 | n=107 | n=111 |
| Mean (SD) days | 11 (13) | 13 (16) | 10 (15) | 7 (11) | 9 (13) | 18 (19) | 17 (22) | 15 (21) | 9 (12) |
| Median days | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 4 |
| Rehab (n) | n=20 | n=58 | n=149 | n=19 | n=25 | n=23 | n=14 | n=59 | n=41 |
| Mean (SD) days | 20 (12) | 22 (20) | 27 (25) | 18 (21) | 31 (28) | 23 (13) | 32 (29) | 31 (27) | 27 (26) |
| Median days | 18.5 | 14 | 20 | 10 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 18 |
| Nursing home (n) | n=7 | n=14 | n=38 | n=6 | n=8 | n=10 | n=4 | n=12 | n=9 |
| Mean (SD) days | 17 (15) | 28 (25) | 29 (27) | 35 (37) | 13 (8) | 34 (29) | 65 (39) | 41 (35) | 37 (26) |
| Median days | 14 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 15.5 | 20 | 75 | 25.5 | 30 |
a
Some women did not have complete data on all healthcare utilization characteristics
b
Excluding neck fractures
c
Other fractures included ankle, foot, knee, clavicle, elbow, coccyx, sternum, neck