Table 2 Characteristics of hospitals and patients with hip fracture aged ≥ 80 years
Hospital characteristics Number of hospitals (N = 561) Number of patients (N = 23,046) | Rate of transfers to subacute rehabilitation (TSR)b | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Low | Medium | High | ||
Rate of acute geriatric care (AGC)a | None | 5 (0.9%) 111 (0.5%) | 68 (12.1%) 2458 (10.7%) | 70 (12.5%) 2597 (11.3%) |
Medium | 47 (8.4%) 1798 (7.8%) | 71 (12.7%) 3552 (15.4%) | 92 (16.4%) 5008 (21.7%) | |
High | 136 (24.2%) 4852 (21.1%) | 47 (8.4%) 1655 (7.2%) | 25 (4.5%) 1015 (4.4%) | |
Patient characteristics | ||||
Age (years); Mean (SD) | 86.7 (4.5) | |||
80–85; N (%) | 10,143 (44.0%) | |||
≥ 86; N (%) | 12,903 (56.0%) | |||
Female; N (%) | 17,973 (78.0%) | |||
Care need at admission; N (%) | 13,106 (56.9%) | |||
Medication-based comorbidity score; Mean (SD) | 4.0 (2.0) | |||
Days from hospital admission to surgery | ||||
0; N (%) | 7582 (32.9%) | |||
1; N (%) | 9590 (41.6%) | |||
2; N (%) | 2403 (10.4%) | |||
≥ 3; N (%) | 1618 (7.0%) | |||
NAc; N (%) | 1853 (8.0%) | |||