Home to home within 120 days

Description
This is a measure of the percentage of hip fracture patients living in a private residence before admission who return to live in a private residence within 120 days of admission.
Notes about this measure set
Sub-analysis is available using the following filters:
  • Te Whatu Ora district
  • ethnicity (Māori, Pacific, Asian and Other [including unknown]).
Home to home includes patients discharged to live with a relative or in a community group home or boarding house code ‘private residence’. Private rehabilitation units are not applicable in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Numerator
The number of people with a hip fracture who returned to a private residence within 120 days of admission.
Denominator
The Australian & New Zealand Hip Fracture Registry population.
Denominator detail
Hip fracture patients entered in the registry and not subject to the exclusions below.
Denominator exclusions
People excluded from this analysis were:
  • those who had no value or 'null' recorded for the home to home field in the registry
  • those admitted who were not living in a private residence on admission
  • those who did not have a private residence to return to within 120 days of admission.