Contextual Determinants of Time to Surgery for Patients With Hip Fracture.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Surgery within 24 hours after a hip fracture improves patient morbidity and mortality, which has led some hospitals to launch quality improvement programs (eg, targeted resource management, documented protocols) to address delays. However, these programs have had mixed results in terms of decreased time to surgery (TTS), identifying an opportunity to improve the effectiveness of interventions.

Objective

To identify the contextual determinants (site-specific barriers and facilitators) of TTS for patients with hip fracture across diverse hospitals.

Design, setting, and participants

This qualitative mixed-methods study used an exploratory sequential design that comprised 2 phases. In phase 1, qualitative semistructured interviews were conducted with stakeholde

SUBMITTER: Welch JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10724766 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature