Death, debility, and destitution following hip fracture

• Published in: The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences Vol. 69; no. 3; p. 346
• Main Authors: Tajeu, Gabriel S, Delzell, Elizabeth, Smith, Wilson, Arora, Tarun, Curtis, Jeffrey R, Saag, Kenneth G, Morrisey, Michael A, Yun, Huifeng, Kilgore, Meredith L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.03.2014
• Subjects: Age Factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Case-Control Studies; Cohort Studies; Disabled Persons - statistics & numerical data; Female; Health Expenditures - statistics & numerical data; Hip Fractures - mortality; Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data; Humans; Income - statistics & numerical data; Institutionalization - statistics & numerical data; Long-Term Care - statistics & numerical data; Male; Medicaid - statistics & numerical data; Nursing Homes - statistics & numerical data; Poverty - statistics & numerical data; Retrospective Studies; Social Class; United States - epidemiology; United States; Osteoporosis; Hip fracture; Mortality; High-dimensional propensity score

We examined the effects of hip fracture on mortality, entry into long-term institutional care, and new evidence of poverty. We estimate of the proportion of hip fracture patients who require not just short-term rehabilitation but who become dependent on long-term institutional care, and the risk of...