Table 2:

Characteristics of hospitals in the 2 jurisdictions

CharacteristicManitoba
n = 30		New York
n = 239		p value
No. (%) performing hip fracture surgery7 (23)180 (75.3)< 0.001
Annual hip fracture volume, mean ± SD140.0 ± 12768.9 ± 61.90.2
Annual hip fracture volume, median (IQR)107 (68–233)52 (26–96)NA
No. of beds, mean ± SD271 ± 230*347.0 ± 297.4†0.4
No. (%) major teaching2 (29)*27 (15.9)†0.6

  • Note: IQR = interquartile range, NA = not applicable, SD = standard deviation.

  • ↵* Pertains to the 7 Manitoba hospitals performing hip fracture surgery.

  • ↵† Pertains to the 170 New York hospitals performing hip fracture surgery that could be linked to the American Hospital Association database.