Incidence, risk factors and case fatality rate for hip fracture in Chile: A cross-sectional study based on 2017 national registries

Abstract

Hip fractures mainly affect the population over 60 years old and women. Chile has an excessively high rate of non-operated patients compared to international reports. There is a significant difference between care in a public hospital compared to private clinics in terms of volume, access to surgery, hospital stay, in-hospital mortality, and estimated case fatality rate.