Socioeconomic Inequality in One-Year Mortality of Elderly People with Hip Fracture in Taiwan

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
I-Lin HsuChung-Yi Li

Abstract

Hip fracture commonly results in considerable consequences in terms of disability, mortality, long-term institutional care and cost. Taiwan launched its universal health insurance coverage in 1995, which largely removes financial barriers to health care. This study aims to investigate whether socioeconomic inequality in one-year mortality exists among Taiwanese elderly people. This population-based cohort study included 193,158 elderly patients (≥65 years) admitted for hip fracture between 2000 and 2012. With over a one-year follow-up, 10.52% of the participants died from all causes. The mortality rate was low in the northern part of Taiwan and in urban and high-family-income areas. Multiple Poisson regression models further suggested that the level of >Q1-Q3 and >Q3-Max showed significantly reduced odds ratio of one-year mortality at 0.90 (95% confidence interval (CI), 0.87-0.93) and 0.77 (95% CI, 0.74-0.81), respectively, compared with that of the lowest family income level (i.e., Min.-Q1). Despite a monotonic decline in overall one-year mortality during the study period, socioeconomic inequality in one-year mortality rate remained evident. The annual percentage change in one-year mortality was higher (-2.86) in elderly peopl...Continue Reading

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