Sex (female), n (%) | 187 (63) | 59 (58) | 0.34 |
Age, median (IQR) | 76 (63–85) | 78.5 (67–98) | 0.1 |
Race (Caucasian), n (%) | 280 (95) | 95 (93) | 0.84 |
ISS, median (IQR) | 9 (9–9) | 9 (9–10) | 0.3 |
Rural, n (%) | 238 (81) | 85 (83) | 0.55 |
Local hospital ACS trauma designation, n (%) | | | 0.63 |
Level III | 56 (19) | 16 (16) | |
Level IV | 198 (66) | 68 (67) | |
Undesignated | 44 (15) | 18 (17) | |
Alcohol involved in trauma, n (%) | 24 (8) | 7 (7) | 0.67 |
Median Elixhauser score (IQR) | 0 (0–2) | 1 (0–2) | 0.11 |
Elilxhauser Score >2, n (%) | 46 (20) | 16 (22) | 0.71 |
Transfer time, hours, median (IQR) | 4.4 (3.8–5.8) | 4.8 (3.8–6.1) | 0.28 |
Initial hospital LOS, hours, median (IQR) | 2.8 (2.2–4.0) | 3.2 (2.4–5.6) | 0.1 |
Time to fracture repair, hours, median (IQR) | 14.5 (8.8–18.0) | 40.6 (30.9–49.7) | 0.027 |
Primary admitting service, n (%) | | | 0.009 |
Orthopedic trauma | 247 (77) | 74 (23) | |
Trauma surgery | 31 (72) | 12 (27) | |
Medicine | 18 (53) | 16 (47) | |
Trauma center LOS, days, median (IQR) | 4 (3–6) | 5 (5–8) | <0.001 |
ICU admission, n (%) | 15 (5) | 10 (10) | 0.08 |
ICU LOS, days, median (IQR) | 2 (1–4) | 4 (2.75–8) | 0.08 |
Discharge disposition, n (%) | | | 0.021 |
Home | 94 (32) | 19 (19) | |
Nursing home | 165 (56) | 76 (75) | |
Acute rehabilitation unit | 28 (10) | 6 (6) | |
Complication during stay, n (%) | 36 (12) | 23 (23) | 0.01 |
In-hospital mortality, n (%) | 6 (2) | 1 (1) | 0.49 |
30-day hospital mortality, n (%) | 17 (6) | 5 (5) | 0.75 |