Hip Fracture Timely Surgery Rates for Patients Aged 60+

A dataset from the Government Digital Service measuring the percentage of people aged 60 and over with hip fracture who receive surgery on the day of, or the day after, admission. The data includes 95% confidence intervals and was last updated in December 2016. The next version was due in December 2017.

Use Cases

• Benchmark hospital performance based on timely surgery rates for hip fractures.
• Analyze trends in surgical care quality for elderly patients based on admission-to-surgery intervals.
• Model factors influencing surgical delays based on reported confidence intervals and demographic context.

Strengths

• Includes 95% confidence intervals for the reported percentages, providing statistical context.
• Focuses on a specific, clinically relevant metric for a vulnerable demographic (patients aged 60+).
• Data is provided in accessible formats (EXCEL XLS, CSV).

Limitations

• Row count and column definitions are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The last update was in 2016, and the planned 2017 update status is unknown; data may be outdated.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Likely aggregated from hospital or national healthcare system records.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated in December 2016; next version was due in December 2017.

Geography

Likely European Union, inferred from the 'eu_open_data' platform.