Frailty, length of stay and cost in hip fracture patients
Authors' conclusion
Frailty is associated with a marked increase in total costs in hip fracture patients.
Study context
- Population
- Patients ≥ 60 years who presented with a hip fracture, January 2016 to June 2020
- Participants
- 1,014 patients
- Exposure
- High vs intermediate vs low Hospital Frailty Risk Score (HFRS) frailty cohorts
- Outcome
- Total hospitalization costs
Methodological detailsquantile regression adjusted for covariates
- Quantile regression adjusted for covariates
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Total hospitalization costs, median
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
LOS, median
- Similar results as for costs: higher with higher HFRS
- P < 0.05
Adjusted time to surgery
- Similar results as for costs: higher with higher HFRS
- P < 0.05
30-day readmission, 30-day and 1-year mortality
- HFRS not associated with 30-day readmission or 30-day or 1-year mortality
Safety
Total number of complications, median
- Similar results as for costs: higher with higher HFRS
- P < 0.05
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Original publication
Frailty, length of stay and cost in hip fracture patients. Osteoporos Int. Published 5 October 2022. doi:10.
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