Table 2 Description of hospital-level implant choice and fracture proportion for trochanteric and subtrochanteric fractures
Hospital classification | Hospitals (n) | Fractures (n) | % of the total number of fractures |
|---|---|---|---|
All hospitals | 43 | 20,902 | 100 |
Implant pattern | |||
SHS hospitals | 8 | 3808 | 18 |
IMN hospitals | 6 | 3111 | 15 |
Change to IMN hospitals | 7 | 2220 | 11 |
SHS to mixed pattern hospitals | 13 | 8675 | 42 |
Mixed pattern hospitals | 9 | 3088 | 15 |
Hospital volume | |||
High-volume (≥ 100 cases/year) | 7 | 8086 | 39 |
Low-volume (< 100 cases/year) | 36 | 12,816 | 61 |
Location | |||
Urban | 18 | 13,750 | 66 |
Rural | 25 | 7152 | 34 |
Administrative “health region” | |||
Southern and Eastern Norway | 19 | 12,197 | 58 |
Western Norway | 7 | 4080 | 20 |
Central Norway | 8 | 2870 | 14 |
Northern Norway | 9 | 1755 | 8 |
Academic hospital | |||
Academic | 6 | 5218 | 25 |
Non-academic | 37 | 15,684 | 75 |