Table 1.

Patient characteristics (%).

Peterborough HAH catchment area patients South Lincolnshire HAH catchment area patients
Time period assessed 1.1.1987 to 31.12.2014 1.1.1999 to 31.12.2014
Number of patients 4626 886
Discharged to HAH score 1476 (31.9%) 310 (35.0%)
Mean age [range] 77.2 [15–104] 79.6 [25–100]
Number of female 3467 (75.1%) 673 (76.0%)
Mental test score (out of 10) 6.6 7.3
ASA grade 1 or 2 1738 (37.6%) 370 (41.8%)
Mean ASA grade 2.6 2.6
Living alone 2534 (54.8%) 443 (50.0%)
Used walking aids in the house 1856 (40.1%) 373 (42.1%)
Intracapsular fracture 2687 (58.1%) 532 (60.0%)
Arthroplasty 1480 (31.3%) 297 (33.5%)
Extramedullary fixation of trochanteric fracture 1387 (30.0%) 226 (25.5%)
Intramedullay nail 909 (19.6%) 275 (31.0%)
Screw fixation of intracapsular fracture 774 (16.7%) 80 (9.0%)
Conservative 76 (1.6%) 8 (0.9%)

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