Predictors of hospital readmission after fractures: One-year follow-up study.

Objective: Identify the incidence and predictive factors for readmissions of elderly hospitalized with fractures.

Method: Prospective cohort study on 376 elderly people from a trauma referral large hospital in central Brazil. Data were collected from medical records of elderly people with radiological diagnosis of fractures.

Survival Analysis of Hospitalized Elderly People with Fractures in Brazil Over One Year.

Objective: This study analyzes the causes of death, survival, and other related factors in hospitalized elderly people with fractures over the course of one year.

Methods: We followed 376 fracture patients for one year in a prospective cohort study to a reference hospital in central Brazil. The Cox regression model was used to analyze factors associated with survival.