Table 2.
Variable | No. (%) | P* (Year 1 vs. Years 2-5) | |
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Year 1 (n=557) | Years 2-5 (n=2,500) | ||
Timely assessment by integrated care managers within 1 working day | 502 (90.1) | 2,419 (96.8) | <0.01† |
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Non-operated patients | 109 (19.6) | 298 (11.9) | <0.01† |
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Patients who developed any of 4 complications | 39 (7.0) | 190 (7.6) | 0.32 |
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Patients readmitted to our orthopaedics department for current hip fracture within 30 days of surgery | 18 (3.2) | 41 (1.6) | <0.01† |
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Mortality during the 1-yr follow-up period | 57 (10.2) | 268 (10.7) | 0.19 |
* Assessed using Chi-square test. † P<0.05 was statistically significant