Service availability and readiness for hip fracture care in low- and middle-income countries in South and Southeast Asia
<p><strong>Aims: </strong>The aim of this study was to describe the current pathways of care for patients with a fracture of the hip in five low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) in South Asia (Nepal and Sri Lanka) and Southeast Asia (Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippi...
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British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery
2023
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| author | Tabu, I Goh, EL Appelbe, D Parsons, N Lekamwasam, S Lee, J-K Amphansap, T Pandey, D Costa, M |
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| author_facet | FERMAT collaborators Tabu, I Goh, EL Appelbe, D Parsons, N Lekamwasam, S Lee, J-K Amphansap, T Pandey, D Costa, M |
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| description | <p><strong>Aims: </strong>The aim of this study was to describe the current pathways of care for patients with a fracture of the hip in five low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) in South Asia (Nepal and Sri Lanka) and Southeast Asia (Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippines).</p>
<p><strong>Methods: </strong>The World Health Organization Service Availability and Readiness Assessment tool was used to collect data on the care of hip fractures in Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Nepal. Respondents were asked to provide details about the current pathway of care for patients with hip fracture, including pre-hospital transport, time to admission, time to surgery, and time to weightbearing, along with healthcare professionals involved at different stages of care, information on discharge, and patient follow-up.</p>
<p><strong>Results: </strong>Responses were received from 98 representative hospitals across the five countries. Most hospitals were publicly funded. There was consistency in clinical pathways of care within country, but considerable variation between countries. Patients mostly travel to hospital via ambulance (both publicly- and privately-funded) or private transport, with only half arriving at hospital within 12 hours of their injury. Access to surgery was variable and time to surgery ranged between one day and more than five days. The majority of hospitals mobilized patients on the first or second day after surgery, but there was notable variation in postoperative weightbearing protocols. Senior medical input was variable and specialist orthogeriatric expertise was unavailable in most hospitals.</p>
<p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study provides the first step in mapping care pathways for patients with hip fracture in LMIC in South Asia. The previous lack of data in these countries hampers efforts to identify quality standards (key performance indicators) that are relevant to each different healthcare system.</p> |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:c87e864a-d7e6-49d8-b78e-5d76b79bb8e12023-11-14T07:15:15ZService availability and readiness for hip fracture care in low- and middle-income countries in South and Southeast AsiaJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:c87e864a-d7e6-49d8-b78e-5d76b79bb8e1EnglishSymplectic ElementsBritish Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery2023Tabu, IGoh, ELAppelbe, DParsons, NLekamwasam, SLee, J-KAmphansap, TPandey, DCosta, MFERMAT collaboratorsGlobal Fragility Fracture Network Hip Fracture Audit Special Interest Group<p><strong>Aims: </strong>The aim of this study was to describe the current pathways of care for patients with a fracture of the hip in five low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) in South Asia (Nepal and Sri Lanka) and Southeast Asia (Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippines).</p> <p><strong>Methods: </strong>The World Health Organization Service Availability and Readiness Assessment tool was used to collect data on the care of hip fractures in Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Nepal. Respondents were asked to provide details about the current pathway of care for patients with hip fracture, including pre-hospital transport, time to admission, time to surgery, and time to weightbearing, along with healthcare professionals involved at different stages of care, information on discharge, and patient follow-up.</p> <p><strong>Results: </strong>Responses were received from 98 representative hospitals across the five countries. Most hospitals were publicly funded. There was consistency in clinical pathways of care within country, but considerable variation between countries. Patients mostly travel to hospital via ambulance (both publicly- and privately-funded) or private transport, with only half arriving at hospital within 12 hours of their injury. Access to surgery was variable and time to surgery ranged between one day and more than five days. The majority of hospitals mobilized patients on the first or second day after surgery, but there was notable variation in postoperative weightbearing protocols. Senior medical input was variable and specialist orthogeriatric expertise was unavailable in most hospitals.</p> <p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study provides the first step in mapping care pathways for patients with hip fracture in LMIC in South Asia. The previous lack of data in these countries hampers efforts to identify quality standards (key performance indicators) that are relevant to each different healthcare system.</p> |
| spellingShingle | Tabu, I Goh, EL Appelbe, D Parsons, N Lekamwasam, S Lee, J-K Amphansap, T Pandey, D Costa, M Service availability and readiness for hip fracture care in low- and middle-income countries in South and Southeast Asia |
| title | Service availability and readiness for hip fracture care in low- and middle-income countries in South and Southeast Asia |
| title_full | Service availability and readiness for hip fracture care in low- and middle-income countries in South and Southeast Asia |
| title_fullStr | Service availability and readiness for hip fracture care in low- and middle-income countries in South and Southeast Asia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Service availability and readiness for hip fracture care in low- and middle-income countries in South and Southeast Asia |
| title_short | Service availability and readiness for hip fracture care in low- and middle-income countries in South and Southeast Asia |
| title_sort | service availability and readiness for hip fracture care in low and middle income countries in south and southeast asia |
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