Group-based trajectories of potentially preventable hospitalisations among older adults after a hip fracture.

ABSTRACT: Key predictors of three trajectory group membership of potentially preventable hospitalisations were age, the number of comorbidities, the presence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and congestive heart failure, and frailty risk at the occurrence of hip fracture. These predictors of their trajectory group could be used in targeting prevention strategies.

Purpose

Although older adults with hip fracture have a higher risk of multiple readmissions after index hospitalisation, little is known about potentially preventable hospitalisations (PPH) after discharge. This study examined group-based trajectories of PPH during a five-year period after a hip fracture among older adults and identified factors predictive of their trajectory group membership.

Methods

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SUBMITTER: Mitsutake S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11427476 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature