Hip fracture audit outcome measures (%)
| Hospital number | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome measures at 3 months | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Weighted regional data for 7 hospitals involved in both audits (% overall) | Weighted regional difference between 1992 and 1997 (% (95% CI)) |
| *Confidence intervals of the difference that do not include zero suggest significant changes. | ||||||||||||
| †Percentage surviving patients. | ||||||||||||
| Little or no hip pain† | ||||||||||||
| 1997 | 72 | – | 72 | 68 | 63 | 69 | 68 | 58 | 66 | 65 | 67 | 1.8 (–4.3 to 7.9) |
| 1992 | 75 | 90 | 65 | 51 | 58 | 63 | 74 | 80 | – | – | 66 | |
| Return to pre-fracture basic activities† | ||||||||||||
| 1997 | 39 | – | 54 | 51 | 49 | 40 | 51 | 37 | 44 | 39 | 47 | –6.5 (–12.8 to –0.2)* |
| 1992 | 53 | 65 | 54 | 42 | 62 | 48 | 59 | 47 | – | – | 54 | |
| Return to pre-fracture level of accommodation† | ||||||||||||
| 1997 | 78 | – | 88 | 84 | 78 | 80 | 81 | 68 | 80 | 77 | 80 | 2.0 (–3.1 to 7.0) |
| 1992 | 78 | 74 | 84 | 77 | 73 | 79 | 91 | 68 | – | – | 78 | |
| Mortality | ||||||||||||
| 1997 | 24 | – | 20 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 24 | 19 | 1.2 (–3.1 to 5.5) |
| 1992 | 24 | 21 | 20 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 19 | – | – | 18 | |
| Pneumonia | ||||||||||||
| 1997 | 8 | – | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 4.6 | –3.7 (–6.5 to –1.0)* |
| 1992 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 13 | – | – | 8.3 | |
| Pulmonary embolism | ||||||||||||
| 1997 | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1.3 | –1.0 (–2.5 to 0.5) |
| 1992 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 | – | – | 2.3 | |
| Myocardial infarction | ||||||||||||
| 1997 | 4 | – | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1.7 | 0.5 (–0.8 to 1.7) |
| 1992 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | – | – | 1.3 | |
| Wound and hip joint infection | ||||||||||||
| 1997 | 8 | – | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 6.2 | –3.2 (–6.1 to –0.2)* |
| 1992 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 5 | – | – | 9.3 | |
| Pressure sore grade II or worse | ||||||||||||
| 1997 | 28 | – | 3 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 10 | –11.2 (–15.2 to –7.1)* |
| 1992 | 20 | 25 | 30 | 36 | 13 | 11 | 28 | 17 | – | – | 21 | |