Acute hospital-community hospital care bundle for elderly orthopedic surgery patients: A propensity score-matched economic analysis

Table 3 Community hospitalization metrics in elderly patients undergoing elective orthopedic surgery within the care bundle intervention

Item	2019	2020	2021
Total case	135	170	126
CH LOS (d) (median, range)	23 (4-98)	24 (2-175)	22 (2-87)
Total AH-CH LOS (d) (median, range)	35 (8-122)	33 (5-184)	33 (9-114)
Referral time from AH to CH (d) (median, range)	4 (1-20)	5 (1-14)	3 (1-12)
U-turn from CH to AH within 8 h (%)	0	0	1 (0.79)
MBI score (median, range)
Admission	58 (11-98)	47 (5-94)	37 (10-97)
Discharge	74 (14-100)	65 (12-100)	68 (13-99)

Continuous variables were presented as median (range); categorical variables were presented as n (%). CH: Community hospital; LOS: Length of stay; AH: Acute hospital; MBI: Modified Barthel Index.