Municipal resources and patient outcomes through the first year after a hip fracture

Table 1 Patient characteristics

	n	%	Mean (SD)	Median	Min-Max
Year
2011	7841	49.8
2012	7916	50.2
Age	15,757		80.8 (11.6)	83.5	6.3–106.0
Sex
Male	4950	31.4
Female	10,807	68.6
ASA classification^a
1, A normal healthy patient	767	4.9
2, A patient with mild systemic disease	5382	34.2
3, A patient with severe systemic disease	8553	53.0
4, A patient with severe systemic disease that is a constant threat to life	1053	6.7
5, A moribund patient who is not expected to survive the operation	13	0.1
Missing	189	1.2
Duration hospital stay (hip fracture)	15,515		8.7 (8.2)	6.0	0–131
Patients with readmissions due to complications^b 1 year post-surgery	1324	8.4
All-cause mortality
Death within 30 days	1360	8.6
Death within 12 months	3994	25.3

^a ASA-class, 1,2,3,4,5 ASA American Society of Anesthesiologists
^bICD-10 codes T81/T84 (e.g. bleeding, mechanical problem, venous thromboembolic complications)

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