Table 1 General Characteristics of patients admitted for Stroke (S) and Hip Fracture (HF)
Dimension | Stroke | Hip Fracture | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | Entering analysis | Dead within 6 months | Entering analysis | Dead within 6 months |
Categories | Â | Â | Â | Â |
N | 10622 | 1383 (13.0) | 11720 | 1407 (12.0) |
Demographic | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Age | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   65–74 | 3188 | 200 (6.3) | 1992 | 101 (5.1) |
   75–79 | 2470 | 221 (8.9) | 2284 | 171 (7.5) |
   80–84 | 2281 | 312 (13.7) | 2713 | 265 (9.8) |
   ≥ 85 | 2683 | 650 (24.2) | 4731 | 870 (18.4) |
Gender | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Female | 5725 | 812 (14.2) | 9370 | 997 (10.6) |
   Male | 4897 | 571 (11.7) | 2350 | 410 (17.4) |
Marital Status | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Married | 5876 | 650 (11.1) | 4791 | 502 (10.5) |
   Single | 890 | 118 (13.3) | 1239 | 158 (12.8) |
   Divorced/separated/widow | 2976 | 521 (17.5) | 4516 | 627 (13.9) |
   Missing | 880 | 94 (10.7) | 1174 | 120 (10.2) |
Clinical | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Major Comorbidities | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Cong. Heart Failure | 901 | 192 (21.3) | 734 | 169 (23.0) |
   Cardiac arrhythmias | 2001 | 378 (18.9) | 645 | 128 (19.8) |
   Valvular disease | 495 | 76 (15.4) | 296 | 47 (15.9) |
   Cardiac | 2754 | 491 (17.8) | 1314 | 257 (19.6) |
   Peripheral vascular disease | 639 | 98 (15.3) | 335 | 72 (21.5) |
   Hypertension | 4928 | 505 (10.2) | 2088 | 240 (11.5) |
   Neurological | 482 | 80 (16.6) | 376 | 63 (16.8) |
   Chronic pulmonary disease | 993 | 158 (15.9) | 790 | 147 (18.6) |
   Diabetes | 1965 | 241 (12.3) | 892 | 130 (14.6) |
   Renal Failure | 424 | 92 (21.7) | 267 | 56 (21.0) |
   Liver disease | 201 | 29 (14.4) | 236 | 40 (16.9) |
   Cancer | 672 | 175 (26.0) | 556 | 116 (20.9) |
   Anemia | 339 | 81 (23.9) | 353 | 50 (14.2) |
Stroke Type | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Ischaemic | 9049 | 1148 (12.7) |  |  |
   Subarachnoid Haemorrhagic | 211 | 20 (9.5) |  |  |
   Haemorrhagic | 1362 | 215 (15.8) |  |  |
Fracture Type | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Intracapsular |  |  | 5613 | 667 (11.9) |
   Extracapsular |  |  | 5150 | 632 (12.3) |
   Other/unspecified |  |  | 957 | 108 (11.3) |
Acute Care related | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Index LOS Category | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   < =upper quartile | 8243 | 894 (10.8) | 9152 | 1082 (11.8) |
   > upper quartile | 2379 | 489 (20.6) | 2568 | 325 (12.7) |
Admitted Stroke Unit at 1 st S | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Yes | 483 | 43 (8.9) |  |  |
   No | 10139 | 1340 (12.5) |  |  |
Surgery Procedure at 1 st HF | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   within 2 days |  |  | 2692 | 275 (10.2) |
   after 2 days |  |  | 9028 | 1132 (9.7) |
Rehabilitation | Â | Â | Â | Â |
LHA Rehabilitation Rates | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   -Overall,-Hospital (Q-I) | 2519 | 329 (13.1) | 1640 | 186 (11.3) |
   -Overall,+Hospital (Q-II) | 2196 | 308 (14.0) | 3562 | 435 (12.2) |
   +Overall,-Hospital (Q-III) | 2086 | 239 (11.5) | 3311 | 383 (11.6) |
   +Overall,+Hospital (Q-IV) | 3821 | 507 (13.3) | 3207 | 403 (12.6) |