Economic Aspects Associated With the Implementation of an Orthogeriatric Setting in a General Hospital

Sheba Medical Center

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Hip Fracture

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00860132

SHEBA-09-6962-AA-CTIL

Details and patient eligibility

About

The economic and social burden of hip fractures is expected to increase dramatically, but financial resources remain limited. This calls for the investigation of innovative new forms of organization and integration of medical, surgical and rehabilitation services for these patients.

The study will investigate economical aspects associated with implementation of a comprehensive orthogeriatric ward for elderly hip fracture patients in a general hospital, compared with the classic model of orthopedic treatment followed by rehabilitation period.

Enrollment: 2,000 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• hip fracture

Exclusion criteria

• Patients admitted for elective hip surgery
• Patients with multi-trauma injuries

Trial design

2,000 participants in 1 patient group

2

Description:

a group of consecutive hip fracture patients admitted to a dedicated comprehensive orthogeriatric ward and a group of similar patients admitted to an orthopedic ward and later on transferred to geriatric rehab center