Authors
Radcliffe Lisk, Mahir Uddin, Anita Parbhoo, Keefai Yeong, David Fluck, Pankaj Sharma, Michael EJ Lean, Thang S Han
Publication date
2019/7/1
Journal
Aging clinical and experimental research
Volume
31
Pages
993-999
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Description
Background
Most National Health Service (NHS) hospital bed occupants are older patients because of their frequent admissions and prolonged length of stay (LOS). We evaluated demographic and clinical factors as predictors of LOS in a single NHS Trust and derived an equation to estimate LOS.
Methods
Stepwise logistic and linear regressions were used to predict prolonged LOS (upper-quintile LOS > 17 days) and LOS respectively, from demographic factors and acute and pre-existing conditions.
Results
Of 374 (men:women = 127:247) admitted patients (20% to orthogeriatric, 69% to general medical and 11% to surgical wards), median age of 85 years (IQR = 78–90), 77 had acute first hip fracture; 297 had previous hip fracture (median time since previous fracture = 2.4 years) and 21 (7.1%) had recurrent hip …
Scholar articles
R Lisk, M Uddin, A Parbhoo, K Yeong, D Fluck… - Aging clinical and experimental research, 2019