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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study population, total and surgery applied

From: An analysis of equity in treatment of hip fractures for older patients with dementia in acute care hospitals: observational study using nationwide hospital claims data in Japan

 

Total sample (%)

Surgery applied (%)

 

(n = 214,601)

(n = 159,173)

Individual factor

 Sex

  Male

47,456

(22.1)

34,904

(21.9)

  Female

167,145

(77.9)

124,269

(78.1)

 Age Group

  65–79

57,608

(26.8)

44,528

(28.0)

  80–89

105,505

(49.2)

78,333

(49.2)

  Over 90

51,488

(24.0)

36,312

(22.8)

 Dementia Levela

  0

111,414

(51.9)

84,424

(53.0)

  1

58,400

(27.2)

42,187

(26.5)

  2

44,787

(20.9)

32,562

(20.5)

 Fructure Type

  Femoral neck

115,753

(53.9)

88,243

(55.4)

  Trochanteric

95,946

(44.7)

69,229

(43.5)

  Subtrochanteric

2900

(1.4)

1701

(1.1)

 Charlson Index

  0

94,182

(43.9)

68,173

(42.8)

  1

67,259

(31.3)

51,625

(32.4)

   ≥ 2

53,160

(24.8)

39,375

(24.7)

 Coma Levelb

  Alert

183,672

(85.6)

136,161

(85.5)

  Level 1

29,890

(13.9)

22,301

(14.0)

  Level 2

966

(0.5)

668

(0.4)

  Level 3

73

(0.03)

43

(0.03)

 Ambulance use

  No ambulance use

103,136

(48.1)

68,992

(43.3)

  Ambulance use

111,465

(51.9)

90,181

(56.7)

Hospital factor

 City levelc

  Designated city

62,667

(29.2)

47,388

(29.8)

  Population ≥ 150,000

70,862

(33.0)

54,353

(34.2)

  Population 80,000≤, ≤150,000

39,173

(18.3)

29,661

(18.6)

  Population ≤ 80,000

41,899

(19.5)

27,771

(17.5)

 Hospital functiond

  University & advanced hospitals

5288

(2.5)

4263

(2.7)

  Regional support hospital

52,802

(24.6)

44,825

(28.2)

  Over 200 beds hospital

117,215

(54.6)

91,272

(57.3)

  Under 200 beds hospital

39,296

(18.3)

18,813

(11.8)

Length of stay factor

 Discharge to

  Home

58,673

(27.3)

32,873

(20.7)

  Recovery ward (same hosp.)

6318

(2.9)

3255

(2.04)

  Other hospital

108,323

(50.5)

93,681

(58.9)

  Long-term care facility

38,337

(17.9)

27,584

(17.3)

  Death

2679

(1.3)

1605

(1.0)

  Unknown

264

(0.1)

168

(0.1)

  1. aDementia level 1 and 2: represents “degree of independence in daily life for elderly people with dementia” criteria I-II and III-IV/M, respectively. bComa level refers to the Japan Coma Scale (JCS) which has four decisive levels of consciousness. cDesignated city has population over 500,000 and is designated by order of the Cabinet of Japan under Local Autonomy Law. dAdvanced hospitals include 6 national centers for cancer, circulation and global health. Regional support hospital has over 200 beds and meets requirements such as referral rate over 80% for outpatients