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Mortality and readmission following hip fracture surgery: a retrospective study comparing conventional and fast-track
Kristin Haugan1, Lars G Johnsen1,2, Trude Basso1
1Department of Orthopaedics, Orthopaedic Research Centre, St Olavs Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway.
Objective:
To compare the efficacies of two pathways-conventional and fast-track care-in patients with hip fracture.
Design:
Retrospective single-centre study.
Setting:
University hospital in middle Norway.
Participants:
1820 patients aged ≥65 years with hip fracture (intracapsular, intertrochanteric or subtrochanteric).
Interventions:
788 patients were treated according to conventional care from April 2008 to September 2011, and 1032 patients were treated according to fast-track care from October 2011 to December 2013.
Primary And Secondary Outcome:
Primary: mortality and readmission to hospital, within 365 days follow-up. Secondary: length of stay.
Results:
We found no statistically significant differences in mortality and readmission rate between patients in the fast-track and conventional care models within 365 days after the initial hospital admission. The conventional care group had a higher, no statistical significant mortality HR of 1.10 (95% CI 0.91 to 1.31, p=0.326) without and 1.16 (95% CI 0.96 to 1.40, p=0.118) with covariate adjustment. Regarding the readmission, the conventional care group sub-HR was 1.02 (95% CI 0.88 to 1.18, p=0.822) without and 0.97 (95% CI 0.83 to 1.12, p=0.644) with adjusting for covariates. Length of stay and time to surgery was statistically significant shorter for patients who received fast-track care, a mean difference of 3.4 days and 6 hours, respectively. There was no statistically significant difference in sex, type of fracture, age or Charlson Comorbidity Index score at baseline between patients in the two pathways.
Conclusions:
There was insufficient evidence to show an impact of fast-track care on mortality and readmission. Length of stay and time to surgery were decreased.
Trial Registration Number:
NCT00667914; results.
