Effect of Race/ethnicity, Insurance Status, and Area Deprivation on Hip Fracture Outcomes Among Older Adults in the United States

Chiyoung Lee, Eleanor Schildwachter McConnell, Sijia Wei, Tingzhong (Michelle) Xue, Hideyo Tsumura and Wei Pan

Clinical Nursing Research, 2022, vol. 31, issue 3, 541-552

Abstract: This retrospective cohort study used electronic health records to explore the effect of race/ethnicity, insurance status, and area deprivation on post-discharge outcomes in older patients undergoing hip fracture surgery between 2015 and 2018 ( N  = 1,150). Inverse probability of treatment weight-adjusted regression analysis was used to identify the effects of the predictors on outcomes. White patients had higher 90- and 365-day readmission risks than Black patients and higher all-period readmissions than the Other racial/ethnic (Hispanic, Asian, American Indian, and Multicultural) group ( p  

Keywords: hip fractures; aged; surgery; racial/ethnic groups; socioeconomic factors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1177/10547738211061216

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