Citation

Wildner M, Markuzzi A, Casper W, Bergmann K. Soz. Praventivmed. 1998; 43(2): 80-89.

Vernacular Title

Disparitaten der Krankenhaus-Fatalitat nach proximalen Femurfrakturen in der DDR

Affiliation

Institut für Medizinische Informationsverarbeitung, Biometrie und Epidemiologie (IBE) der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9615947

Abstract

The revised and pseudonymized data set of the hospital discharge diagnoses of East Germany (German Democratic Republic, GDR) for 1989 was analyzed regarding the in-hospital case fatality of closed hip fractures (ICD-9 820.0, 820.2, 820.8). The case fatality of 20.2% during an average hospital stay of 60 days including between-ward and between-hospital transfers is high when compared to international data and data for West Germany. Apart from the expected influence of age, fatality was reduced for cervical (intracapsular) fractures, female sex, and for a location of the treating hospital within East Berlin. This reduction of the case fatality within East Berlin by nearly two thirds after adjustment for age, sex, and type of fracture compared to other regions is most likely explained by better medical treatment facitilities within East Berlin, the former capital of the GDR. The regional disparities that were observed during our model analysis give a hint towards the influence that medical care can have on the fatality associated with this on a population level relevant disease.

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