Predicting Discharge Location among Low-Energy Hip Fracture Patients Using the Score for Trauma Triage in the Geriatric and Middle-Aged (STTGMA)

Table 4

Discharge location patterns for minimal-, low-, moderate-, and high-risk cohorts. Percentages reflect proportion of each respective risk cohort discharged to each location.

Location	Minimal Risk Cohort (n=226)	Low Risk Cohort (n=102)	Moderate Risk Cohort (n=53)	High Risk Cohort (n=27)	Total Cohort (n=408)
Home	63 (27.9%)	12 (11.8%)	5 (9.4%)	4 (14.8%)	84 (20.6%)
Acute Rehab	41 (18.1%)	15 (14.7%)	3 (5.7%)	2 (7.4%)	61 (15.0%)
Skilled Nursing Facility	118 (52.2%)	72 (70.6%)	41 (77.4%)	14 (51.9%)	245 (60.0%)
Hospice	1 (0.4%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (11.1%)	5 (1.2%)
LTCH	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)
Death	2 (0.9%)	1 (1.0%)	2 (3.8%)	4 (14.8%)	9 (2.2%)
Transfer to Acute Hospital	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)	1 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)