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Table 1 Characteristics of hip fracture surgery patients in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan

From: Variations in hip fracture inpatient care in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan: an analysis of health administrative data

  

Japan

Korea

Taiwan

  

n (mean)

% (SD)

n (mean)

% (SD)

n (mean)

% (SD)

Total

 

61,662

 

23,226

 

15,235

 

Sex

Male

13,172

21.36

6254

26.93

5418

35.56

 

Female

48,490

78.64

16,972

73.07

9817

64.44

Age

mean (SD)

82.82

9.24

78.71

9.41

78.25

10.50

 

50–64

2971

4.82

2197

9.46

1915

12.57

 

65–74

7548

12.24

3949

17.00

2822

18.52

 

75–84

20,587

33.39

10,577

45.54

5663

37.17

 

85 +

30,556

49.55

6503

28.00

4835

31.74

Household income level

Q1

  

5627

24.63

189

1.24

 

Q2

  

5827

25.51

5472

35.92

 

Q3

  

5195

22.74

5779

37.93

 

Q4

  

6195

27.12

3795

24.91

Comorbidity

       

Charlson index

mean (SD)

1.00

1.31

0.75

0.99

0.94

1.55

 

0

36,332

58.92

11,634

50.09

8526

55.96

 

1

4596

7.45

7740

33.32

3136

20.58

 

2

15,632

25.35

2664

11.47

1861

12.22

 

3

2054

3.33

806

3.47

868

5.70

 

4+

3048

4.94

382

1.64

844

5.54

Comorbid diseases

Hypertension

23,497

38.11

7418

31.94

7554

49.58

 

Coronary artery disease

5260

8.53

1215

5.23

748

4.91

 

Diabetes mellitus

11,561

18.75

5007

21.56

4099

26.91

 

Dementia

11,499

18.65

1847

7.95

872

5.72

 

Stroke

6787

11.01

1651

7.11

818

5.37

Surgical intervention/ Procedure

Internal fixation

40,406

65.53

12,322

53.05

7476

49.07

Hemiarthroplasty

20,587

33.39

9911

42.67

7706

50.58

Total hip arthroplasty

669

1.08

993

4.28

53

0.35

Age- and sex-adjusted length of stay

mean (SD)

32.5

18.7

24.7

12.4

7.1

2.9

Age- and sex-adjusted total cost per persona

mean (SD)

14,808.0

5365.6

7836.7

2924.3

3771.2

1239.5

Age- and sex-adjusted average cost per person per daya

mean (SD)

522.8

175.1

362.6

161.1

581.3

230.0

Inpatient mortality

n (%)

644

1.04

190

0.82

88

0.58

  1. aUSD PPP, 2010