AuditCase-mixUntil discontinued in 2008, the Scottish Hip Fracture Audit collected and reported on data relating to the quality of care of hip fracture patients in Scotland. In 2013, the audit was recommenced under the umbrella of the MSK Audit group, which audits high volume orthopaedic ...
First lockdown The timeframe captures the first recorded COVID-19 case in Scotland, the start of social distancing measures, the UK lockdown, and the peak of COVID-19 cases in Scotland. The audit included more than 830 patients. The average age was 80-years and two-thirds were women. M...
Scottish Hip Fracture Audit data are collected prospectively3, and records have been linked to routinely collected data for hospital admissions and mortality4. We have studied one-year mortality in patients undergoing hip fracture surgery between 1998 and 2003, in groups of patients stratifi...
The capacity to meet expected joint replacement demand requires safe and efficient models of care. Short-stay programmes (also known as ‘fast track’, ‘enhanced recovery after surgery’ or ‘rapid recovery’ programmes) are those which seek to reduce acute hospital length of stay after elective ...
In 2013, the MSK Audit Group published a "snapshot'' into a 4 month period of hip fracture care in Scotland. Our purpose was to identify whether there had been an initial improvement in hip fracture care and whether this improvement was sustained with the discontinuation of the annual audit...
Evidenceof variation in hip-fracture outcomes across hospitals, particularly with regard to mortality rates, has focused attention on this condition. In Scotland, a major Hip Fracture Audit was introduced in 1993 and, recognizing the need to try and understand the possible reasons for variation in ...
Within Scotland 20% of the population resides rurally, warranting investigation of how this impacts prompt access to surgical care. This study aims to determine whether indirect hospital admission via hospital transfer affects the likelihood of surgical management within 36 h for hip fracture patient...
divergence in the data they collect compromises their scope for learning from clinical, audit and quality improvement work in other nations.In 2021 we compared all ten established national hip fracture audits: England/Wales/Northern Ireland; Scotland; Australia/New Zealand...
of the Guideline on the Prevention and Management of Hip Fracture in Older People, which was released by the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network in January 2002; Information on a hip fracture audit program in Scotland; Areas covered by the trials on rehabilitation after a hip fracture.Qures...
To predict future changes in hip fracture burden in Scotland. Data was obtained from the Scottish Hip Fracture Audit database for a 12 month period between April 2004 and March 2005. All orthopaedic units in Scotland participated in the audit during this period. This data was used to calculate...