Community patients N = 1844 | Patients from RAC N = 708 | |||||
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Added days* | 95% CI | P | Added days | 95% CI | P | |
Baseline LOS** | 14.8 | 10.2 | ||||
Age-group | 0.001 | - | ||||
<80 | referent | - | ||||
80-84 | 3.5 | (1.4 – 5.9) | - | |||
85-89 | 3.6 | (1.6 – 5.8) | - | |||
90 + | 2.1 | (0.1 - 4.3) | - | |||
Fracture type | <0.001 | - | ||||
Cervical | referent | - | ||||
Unspecified | 4.3 | (2.7 – 6.1) | - | |||
Subtrochanteric | 3.1 | ( 0.7 - 5.8) | - | |||
Trochanteric | 2.0 | (0.9 -3.1) | <0.001 | |||
Separation mode | <0.001 | |||||
Usual residence | referent | referent | ||||
Other transfer | 4.7 | (2.8 – 6.9) | 18.3 | (8.8 - 32.7) | ||
New RAC transfer | 5.1 | (3.7 – 6.7) | N/A | N/A | ||
Death | -2.7 | (-4.0, -1.3) | -0.5 | (-1.9, 1.1) | <0.001 | |
Rehabilitation | 9.9 | (8.4 - 11.4) | <0.001 | 13.9 | (10.8 -17.4) | 0.009 |
Surgery | - | - | 2.4 | (0.6 – 4.5) | <0.001 | |
Intensive care | - | - | 7.9 | . (4.1 – 12.7) | ||
Comorbidities | ||||||
Parkinson’s disease | 5.7 | (2.3 - 9.7) | <0.001 | - | ||
Diabetes | 2.5 | (0.9 - 4.3) | 0.002 | - | ||
Dementia | 1.7 | (0.0 – 3.5) | 0.04 | - | ||
Complications | - | |||||
Skin ulceration | 5.6 | (4.0 - 7.4) | 3.7 | (1.7 – 5.9) | <0.001 | |
Wound infection | 4.9 | (1.7 – 8.8) | <0.001 | 5.9 | (0.9 – 13.0) | 0.010 |
Urinary infection | 2.8 | (1.5 - 4.3) | 0.001 | 4.2 | (2.4 – 6.4) | <0.001 |
Delirium | 1.9 | (0.4 - 3.7) | <0.001 | 1.9 | (0.1 – 4.1) | 0.04 |
Chest infection | 2.7 | (1.0 – 4.5) | 0.02 | - | - |