Table 2 Characteristics of persons discharged from acute care for hip fracture by high-IPR regions and other regions

Number of patients with hip fracture discharged from acute care

12,470

20,879

33,349

.

 Mean (±SD) age at index

82.90 ± 7.39

82.47 ± 7.50

82.63 ± 7.46

0.06

 81 years or older at index, n(%N)

8,112 (65.1 %)

13,057 (62.5 %)

21,169 (63.5 %)

0.05

 Female, n(%N)

9,074 (72.8 %)

15,312 (73.3 %)

24,386 (73.1 %)

0.02

 More urban than provincial average n(%N)

12,320 (98.8 %)

18,770 (89.9 %)

31,081 (93.2 %)

0.36

 Income Quintiles, n(%N)

1 (lowest income)

2,016 (16.2 %)

5,132 (24.6 %)

7,148 (21.4 %)

0.26

2

2,647 (21.2 %)

4,143 (19.8 %)

6,790 (20.4 %)

3

2,232 (17.9 %)

4,786 (22.9 %)

7,018 (21.0 %)

4

2,520 (20.2 %)

3,470 (16.6 %)

5,990 (18.0 %)

5 (highest income)

3,014 (24.2 %)

3,232 (15.5 %)

6,246 (18.7 %)

 Previous hip fracture (1991-), n(%N)

808 (6.5 %)

1,377 (6.6 %)

2,185 (6.6 %)

0.01

 Any fragility fracture 1 year prior, n(%N)

457 (3.7 %)

686 (3.3 %)

1,143 (3.4 %)

0.02

 Falls 1 year prior, n(%N)

5,536 (44.4 %)

9,708 (46.5 %)

15,244 (45.7 %)

0.04

 Malignant neoplasm 1 year prior, n(%N)

490 (3.9 %)

873 (4.2 %)

1,363 (4.1 %)

0.08

 Grouped Charlson Score, n(%N)

0

7,583 (65.8 %)

12,581 (68.1 %)

20,164 (67.2 %)

0.03

1

2,168 (18.8 %)

3,244 (17.6 %)

5,412 (18.0 %)

2

1,027 (8.9 %)

1,541 (8.3 %)

2,568 (8.6 %)

3+

750 (6.5 %)

1,109 (6.0 %)

1,859 (6.2 %)

 Number of ADG groups 1 year prior, n(%N)

lower co-morbidity burden

3,738 (30.0 %)

7,064 (33.8 %)

10,802 (32.4 %)

0.11

median co-morbidity burden

4,987 (40.0 %)

8,374 (40.1 %)

13,361 (40.1 %)

higher co-morbidity burden

3,745 (30.0 %)

5,441 (26.1 %)

9,186 (27.5 %)

 Had home care 1 year prior, n(%N)

9,801 (78.6 %)

15,844 (79 %)

26,312 (78.9 %)

0.01

 Diagnosis of delirium, n(%N)

851 (7.4 %)

1,075 (5.8 %)

1,926 (6.4 %)

0.11

 Diagnosis of dementia, n(%N)

468 (4.1 %)

759 (4.1 %)

1,227 (4.1 %)

0.04

 Diagnosis of malignant neoplasm, n(%N)

402 (3.2 %)

781 (3.7 %)

1,183 (3.5 %)

0.03

 Frailty risk factors >1, n(%N)

1,105 (9.6 %)

1,690 (9.1 %)

2,795 (9.3 %)

0.01