The Value of an Organized Fracture Program for the Elderly: Early Results
- 1 April 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma
- Vol. 25 (4), 233-237
- https://doi.org/10.1097/bot.0b013e3181e5e901
Abstract
Objectives: To describe the early financial results of an organized hip fracture program for older adults. Design: Retrospective evaluation of financial data for a 1-year period on a hip fracture program for older adults. Setting: University medical center. Patients: All 193 adults older than age 60 with a native, non-pathologic hip fracture admitted to the hospital and surgically treated from May 2005 to April 2006 were included as subjects in this study. Intervention: The comanaged, protocol-driven fracture management program was used as the specific intervention for treating all patients with hip fractures. Main Outcome Measure: The primary outcome was profit or loss resulting from treatment of patients. Key quality measures studied included length of hospital stay, mortality rates, complication rates, and hospital readmission rates. Results: With use of an organized program, substantial savings in nearly all areas of expenditure is demonstrated. Adjusting for patient characteristics, costs are demonstrated to be 66.7% of the expected costs nationally. The length of stay, mortality, complication rates, and readmission rates were all noted to be below national averages. Conclusions: The improved quality measures suggest that better quality of patient care is associated with reduced costs.Keywords
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