Centre for Policy on Ageing
 

 
Inter-hospital variations in length of hospital stay following hip fracture
Author(s)M J Parker, C J Todd, C R Palmer
Journal titleAge and Ageing, vol 27, no 3, May 1998
Pagespp 333-338
KeywordsFractures ; Admission [hospitals] ; Discharge [hospitals] ; Eastern England.
AnnotationA prospective survey of a consecutive series of patients admitted with an acute hip fracture was conducted in order to investigate differences in length of hospital stay after hip fracture. A total of 580 patients admitted to different hospitals in the East Anglia region were followed up for 90 days after admission. There was a significant difference in the median lengths of hospital stay between centres. A prolonged stay was associated with increased age, decreased activities of daily living (ADL) score and delay from surgery to mobilisation. Hospitals which had a policy of transferring patients to other wards prior to discharge tended to have a longer length of hospital stay. (AKM).
Accession NumberCPA-981208235 A
ClassmarkCUF: LD:QKH: LD:QKJ: 82EA

Data © Centre for Policy on Ageing
...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing.
 
CPA home >> Ageinfo Database >> Last modified: Fri 21 Sep 2018, © CPA 2018 Queries to: webmaster@cpa.org.uk