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Table 2.11: National Complications of Care
| Postoperative hip fracture for adults per 1,000 surgical patients age 18 years and older who were not susceptible to fallinga, by patient and hospital characteristics, United States, 2000 |
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Adjusted rateb |
| Population group |
Estimate |
Standard error |
| Total |
0.822 |
0.024 |
| Patient characteristic |
| Age groups for conditions affecting any age |
| 18-44 |
0.118 |
0.039 |
| 45-64 |
0.173 |
0.047 |
| 65 and over |
1.801 |
0.047 |
| Age groups for conditions affecting primarily elderly |
| 65-69 |
0.552 |
0.089 |
| 70-74 |
0.548 |
0.088 |
| 75-79 |
1.587 |
0.095 |
| 80-84 |
2.653 |
0.126 |
| 85 and over |
6.941 |
0.170 |
| Gender |
| Male |
0.834 |
0.039 |
| Female |
1.046 |
0.025 |
| Median income of patient zip |
| Less than $25,000 |
0.696 |
0.109 |
| $25,000-$34,999 |
0.862 |
0.052 |
| $35,000-$44,999 |
0.893 |
0.047 |
| $45,000 or more |
0.778 |
0.034 |
| Location of patient residence |
| MSA |
0.788 |
0.027 |
| Non-MSA |
0.954 |
0.052 |
| Location of inpatient treatment |
| Northeast |
0.758 |
0.060 |
| Midwest |
0.890 |
0.052 |
| South |
0.830 |
0.036 |
| West |
0.794 |
0.051 |
| Expected payment source |
| Private insurance |
0.744 |
0.017 |
| Medicare |
0.922 |
0.061 |
| Medicaid |
0.845 |
0.040 |
| Other insurance |
0.825 |
0.087 |
| Uninsured/self pay/no charge |
0.780 |
0.061 |
| Hospital characteristic |
| Ownership/control |
| Private, not-for-profit |
0.806 |
0.027 |
| Private, for-profit |
0.867 |
0.078 |
| Public |
0.890 |
0.061 |
| Teaching status |
| Teaching |
0.718 |
0.040 |
| Non-teaching |
0.878 |
0.030 |
| Location of hospital |
| MSA |
0.793 |
0.025 |
| Non-MSA |
1.040 |
0.072 |
| Bedsize |
| Less than 100 |
1.023 |
0.082 |
| 100 - 299 |
0.901 |
0.041 |
| 300 - 499 |
0.785 |
0.042 |
| 500+ |
0.678 |
0.047 |
a That is, excluding patients with musculoskeletal disease; those admitted for seizures, syncope, stroke, coma, cardiac arrest, poisoning, trauma, delirium, psychoses, anoxic brain injury; patients with metastatic cancer, lymphoid malignancy, bone malignancy, and self-inflicted injury.
b Rates are adjusted by age, gender, age-gender interactions, comorbidities, and DRG clusters.
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, Nationwide Inpatient Sample.
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