Risk factors affecting inhospital mortality after hip fracture: retrospective analysis using the Japanese Diagnosis Procedure Combination Database.

ABSTRACT: To identify risk factors for inhospital mortality in patients with hip fractures using the Japanese Diagnosis Procedure Combination (DPC) nationwide administrative claims database. Retrospective observational study. Hospitals adopting the DPC system during 2007-2009. The authors analysed a total of 80 800 eligible patients aged ≥60 years with a single hip fracture (International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision codes: S72.0 and S72.1). The DPC database includes patients treated between July and December each year. Inhospital mortality after hip fracture. The overall inhospital mortality rate after hip fractures was 3.3%. Multivariate analysis indicated that inhospital mortality was significantly associated with male gender (OR 2.12, 95% CI 1.94 to 2.31), advancing age and number o

SUBMITTER: Shoda N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3346946 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature