Consumption of hospital resources for hip fracture. Discharge rates for fracture in Norway.
The hospital discharge rate for the period 1977-1981 in a population of 1.08 million was 1.91 per 1000 inhabitants for hip fractures and 3.89 for other fractures (skull fractures excluded). Discharges for fractures constituted 4.3 per cent of the discharges from the somatic hospitals. Hip fracture consumed one fourth of all somatic hospital bed-days for the oldest patients.
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000453:epidemiology; D006295:Health Resources / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009664:Norway; D010351:Patient Discharge; D012737:Sex Factors