A short length of hospital stay is not associated with risk of readmission among hip fracture patients - a Swedish national register-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hospital length of stay (LoS) after a hip fracture likely mirrors health status; however, a too short hospitalization might increase the risk of readmission. In this national register-based study, we investigated the association between LoS after a hip fracture and the risk of readmissions.

Methods

73,551 patients with a first hip fracture between 2012 and 2019 were followed for 4 months after discharge. LoS was categorized by cubic splines and the association with readmissions was analyzed with Cox regression models.

Results

The mean LoS was 11 ± 6 days and 25% of the study population had at least one readmission. Compared to the mean LoS of 9-12 days, there was a 18% decreased risk of readmission for LoS of 2-4 days (HR 0.82 [95% CI 0.77-0.87]) and 13% de

SUBMITTER: Ek S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10648637 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature