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Admission during the pandemic was associated with a 11% increase in the daily risk of hospital death for patients with hip fracture (HR<jats:sub>CS<\/jats:sub> 1.11, 95% CI 1.05 to 1.16).<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Although COVID-19 infections led to increases in hospital mortality, overall hospital mortality risk for older patients with hip fracture remained largely stable during the first year of the pandemic.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1136\/bmjqs-2022-014896","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,8,1]],"date-time":"2022-08-01T13:54:00Z","timestamp":1659362040000},"page":"264-273","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/crossmarkpolicy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Indirect effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospital mortality in patients with hip fracture: a competing risk survival analysis using linked administrative data"],"prefix":"10.1136","volume":"32","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5249-619X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Fiona","family":"Grimm","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"The Health Foundation, London, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Antony","family":"Johansen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University Hospital of Wales and Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, UK"},{"name":"National Hip Fracture Database, Royal College of Physicians, London, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6809-2517","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hannah","family":"Knight","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Health Foundation, London, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4271-5488","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Richard","family":"Brine","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Health Foundation, London, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5994-1583","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sarah R","family":"Deeny","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Health Foundation, London, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"239","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,8,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"2025090410272194000_32.5.264.1","unstructured":"NHS England and Improvement . 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