BACKGROUND AND AIMS: @entity173 are common events that require intensive operative hospital care and a lengthy rehabilitation. The effect of @entity173 type on successful rehabilitation is not well known. The aim of this study is to model and compare the length of the care episodes between intra- and extracapsular @entity173 in Finland. MATERIAL AND METHODS: 15544 @entity173 @entity1 living at home in Finland 1998-2001 were followed using register-based data. @entity1 characteristics, outcomes, and length of stay (LOS) distributions were analyzed using a Bayesian nonparametric multilayer perceptron (MLP) network model. RESULTS: Mortality was similar in intra- and extracapsular @entity173 . @entity1 were more likely to need long-term care after extracapsular @entity173 . The average LOS at the surgical ward was similar for intra- and extracapsular @entity174 (1.7 weeks), but there was a considerable difference for the total inpatient LOS between the groups (5.2 weeks vs. 6.9 weeks). Intracapsular @entity174 had a simple unimodal LOS distribution, whereas the LOS distribution for the extracapsular @entity174 was multimodal with two clear peaks. @entity1 with more comorbidities required a longer LOS. CONCLUSIONS: The causes for differences in LOS between @entity174 types were most likely due to the different surgical methods and rehabilitation practices for the @entity174 types. As national guidelines suggest similar rehabilitation for all @entity173 @entity1 , there is a need for early and aggressive rehabilitation of @entity1 with extracapsular @entity174 , including full-weight bearing for all but selected @entity1 .

Modeling the length of the care episode after XXXX : does the type of @entity174 matter?

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Patients', 'patients', 'Patient'] @entity173 :: ('MESH:D006620', 'Disease') :: ['hip fractures', 'hip fracture', 'Hip fractures'] @entity174 :: ('MESH:D050723', 'Disease') :: ['fractures', 'fracture']
@entity173 :: (MESH:D006620,Disease) :: ['hip fracture']
