Associations of sex, Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, and days alive and at home among older Medicare beneficiaries recovering from hip fracture.
Heather L MutchieDenise L OrwigAnn L Gruber-BaldiniAbree JohnsonJay MagazinerJason R FalveyPublished in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2023)
Males spend fewer DAAH after hip fracture than females, and this difference increases modestly for males living with ADRD compared to females. This suggests that cognitive impairment may be a small but significant contributor to sex-based differences observed during hip fracture recovery.