Is there a weekend effect after hip fracture surgery? A study of 74,410 hip fractures reported to the Norwegian Hip Fracture Register.

ABSTRACT: Background and purpose - The term "weekend effect" describes differences in outcomes between patients treated at weekends compared with weekdays. We investigated whether there is a weekend effect for the risk of reoperation and mortality after hip fracture surgery at Norwegian hospitals.Patients and methods - We included data from 76,410 hip fractures in patients 60 years and older reported to the Norwegian Hip Fracture Register (NHFR) between 2005 and 2017. Cox survival analyses with adjustments for age, sex, ASA class, type of fracture, operating method, and waiting time from fracture to surgery were used to calculate the risk of reoperation and death after surgeries performed at weekends compared with surgeries performed on weekdays.Results - The mean age for all patients was 82 years,

SUBMITTER: Boutera A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7008236 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature