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Table 4 Relationship between quality of care criteria and mortality in different sensitivity analyses.

From: Quality of care and 30 day mortality among patients with hip fractures: a nationwide cohort study

Adjusted * mortality OR (95% CI) for fulfilment of the quality of care criteria

Assessment of nutritional risk within 2 days after admission

Systematic pain assessment during mobilization

Assessment of ADL before the fracture

Assessment of ADL before discharge

Initiation of treatment to prevent future osteoporotic fractures

30-day post-admission mortality

0.98

(0.77 to 1.19)

0.72

(0.52 to 1.00)

0.54

(0.39 to 0.76)

0.28

(0.21 to 0.37)

0.64

(0.48 to 0.85)

30-day post-admission mortality excluding patients who died during hospitalization

1.01

(0.76 to 1.34)

0.73

(0.54 to 0.99)

0.65

(0.49 to 0.87)

0.42

(0.30 to 0.58)

0.73

(0.54 to 0.99)

30-day post-discharge mortality

0.98

(0.78 to 1.22)

0.80

(0.64 to 1.02)

0.71

(0.53 to 0.94)

0.55

(0.41 to 0.73)

0.80

(0.63 to 1.01)

180-day post-admission mortality

0.92

(0.78 to 1.10)

0.79

(0.63 to 0.99)

0.67

(0.53 to 0.85)

0.46

(0.37 to 0.58)

0.75

(0.61 to 0.91)

180-day post-discharge mortality

0.93

(0.76 to 1.12)

0.79

(0.65 to 0.96)

0.76

(0.61 to 0.94)

0.61

(0.49 to 0.76)

0.81

(0.67 to 0.97)

30-day post-admission mortality, largest hospital

0.38

(0.14 to 1.14)

0.22

(0.02 to 2.27)

0.50

(0.18 to 1.37)

0.50

(0.18 to 1.44)

0.40

(0.14 to 1.14)

30-day post-admission mortality, second largest hospital

0.69

(0.23 to 2.05)

NA†

0.03

(0.01 to 0.15)

0.03

(0.01 to 0.15)

NA†

30-day post-admission mortality, third largest hospital

0.97

(0.51 to 1.83)

0.78

(0.33 to 1.81)

0.60

(0.19 to 1.84)

0.18

(0.09 to 0.37)

0.72

(0.36 to 1.43)

  1. * Adjusted for age, gender, comorbidity, living situation, type of fracture, fracture displacement status, ASA-score, delay until surgery and type of surgery. For post-discharge mortality ORs, also adjusted for length of hospital stay.
  2. † No deaths among patients with systematic pain assessment or initiation of treatment to prevent future osteoporotic fractures.