Length of hospital stay after hip fracture and short term risk of death after discharge: a total cohort study in Sweden.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate relation between inpatient length of stay after hip fracture and risk of death after hospital discharge.

Setting

Population ≥50 years old living in Sweden as of 31 December 2005 with a first hip fracture the years 2006-12.

Participants

116,111 patients with an incident hip fracture from a closed nationwide cohort.

Main outcome measure

Death within 30 days of hospital discharge in relation to hospital length of stay after adjustment for multiple covariates.

Results

Mean inpatient length of stay after a hip fracture decreased from 14.2 days in 2006 to 11.6 days in 2012 (P<0.001). The association between length of stay and risk of death after discharge was non-linear (P<0.001), with a threshold for this non-linear effect of about 10

SUBMITTER: Nordstrom P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4353281 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature