Factors determining the 1-year survival after operated hip fracture: a hospital-based analysis.

Background: Factors associated with 1-year survival of hip fracture in Chinese ethnicities has not been clearly elucidated. The purpose of this study was to determine the 1-year survival associated with operated hip fracture and its prognostic factors in a district teaching hospital from January 1, 1998 to 2006.

Methods: Hip fracture admissions (ICD-9: 820) identified from an inpatient electronic database over a 9-year period were linked to Taiwan's national death registry.