Does rehabilitation setting influence risk of institutionalization? A register-based study of hip fracture patients in Oslo, Norway.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Reducing the economic impact of hip fractures (HF) is a global issue. Some efforts aimed at curtailing costs associated with HF include rehabilitating patients within primary care. Little, however, is known about how different rehabilitation settings within primary care influence patients' subsequent risk of institutionalization for long-term care (LTC). This study examines the association between rehabilitation setting (outside an institution versus short-term rehabilitation stay in an institution, both during 30 days post-discharge for HF) and risk of institutionalization in a nursing home (at 6-12 months from the index admission).

Methods

Data were for 612 HF incidents across 611 patients aged 50 years and older, who were hospitalized between 2008 and 2013 in O

SUBMITTER: Fosse RM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8268388 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature