Influenza Illness and Hip Fracture Hospitalizations in Nursing Home Residents: Are They Related?

ABSTRACT: Background:Influenza illness may impact the risk of falls and fractures during acute illness due to unsteady gait or dizziness. We evaluated the association between influenza and hip fracture hospitalizations in long-stay (LS) nursing home (NH) residents. Methods:We analyzed weekly rates of hospitalization in a retrospective cohort of LS NH residents between January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2009. Hip fracture and influenza like illness (ILI) hospitalizations were identified with Medicare fee-for-service part A claims. We evaluated unadjusted and adjusted models with the primary exposures, weekly rate of influenza-like illness hospitalizations, city-wide mortality, and NH influenza vaccination rate and primary outcome of weekly rate of hip fracture hospitalizations. Results:There were 9,237

SUBMITTER: McConeghy KW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6230207 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature