Comparing home-based and institutional rehabilitation for community-dwelling hip fracture patients: a matched cohort study
Main finding · 1-year mortalityResult — go to the resultOdds ratio 0.44 95% CI 0.38–0.51Authors' conclusion
Community-dwelling hip fracture patients receiving institutional rehabilitation had higher mortality and readmission rates than those treated at home
Study context
- Population
- Community-dwelling hip fracture patients aged 60+, Norwegian Patient Registry (2018–2019)
- Participants
- 10,790 patients
- Exposure
- Home-based vs institutional rehabilitation after hip fracture
- Outcome
- 1-year mortality and 30-day readmission rates
Methodological detailsmatched cohort, propensity score matching, registry-based, logistic regression
- Matched cohort
- Propensity score matching
- Registry-based
- Logistic regression
Main finding
1-year mortality
Odds ratio
0.44
95% CI 0.38–0.51
Home-basedvs Institutional
OR 0.44 (95% CI 0.38–0.51)
As reported in the abstract
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
| Outcome | OR (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|
| 30-day readmission · after propensity score matching · co-primary outcome named in objective | 0.56 (0.49–0.63) | |
| 0.512Odds ratio (log scale) |
Original publication
Comparing home-based and institutional rehabilitation for community-dwelling hip fracture patients: a matched cohort study. Osteoporos Int. Published 12 March 2026. doi:10.
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